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12. This park has been open almost as long as Disney World

Tue Jul 19, 2022, 12:25 PM

Jul 2022

DW opened in 1972 and Sesame Place (PA) in 1980.

So they have been doing this for over 40 years and they apparently have policies against certain "contact".

The video that I posted in the OP now shows the "character" briefly shake the hand of a small arm that extended from down lower in the crowd, similar in size to a child's, then doing "high-fives" with adult hands and then looking to their left over the crowd and waving away some request, then moving past the 2 girls and waving a hand over their heads as a "no", and then moving down past that where the video ends.

Apparently this isn't the first incident and other parents are now comparing video notes of similar problems.

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Sesame Place apologizes after character appears to ignore Black girls in viral video [View all] BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 OP

I THINK THERE'S MORE TO THIS Jimvanhise Jul 2022 #1

The Instagram video that has apparently "gone viral" BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #3

If they were my little girls, I would have tackled that ugly green thing Greybnk48 Jul 2022 #51

Well the character that the costume represents BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #52

Then why'd the character hug only the white kids? spudspud Jul 2022 #4

Why? happy feet Jul 2022 #8

You can see the character slap the hand of a white kid before waving off the black kids. whopis01 Jul 2022 #42

Welcome Back to DU RandiFan1290 Jul 2022 #50

Like it or not, Bucks County is part of Philly durablend Jul 2022 #2

Um I am a multigenerational Philadelphian BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #5

sound like people who say they are from chi mopinko Jul 2022 #6

Of course. But these are REPORTERS writing this story and making the error BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #7

yup. mopinko Jul 2022 #9

Some other outlets had started publishing maps BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #10

It's 15 minutes from my neighborhood. Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #14

Exactly BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #16

Franklin Mills Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #26

LOL BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #27

It was a CompUSA discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #28

THANK YOU!!! BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #29

On the BLVD... Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #30

I had been to the Roosevelt Mall a few times BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #32

I miss Wanamakers Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #38

I miss Wanamakers too BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #45

I grew up in East Germantown. (A real honeymoon hotspot) discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #31

"I didn't like TL/Cottman because TL would sometimes backup being " BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #33

Adams and Roosevelt... talk about misery. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #34

That was like a wild conflagration of streets BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #35

I remember that basement at Sears! discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #36

I don't remember what else was down there BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #37

I remember those days too. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #41

Was just talking about that Wanamakers in Jenkintown BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #46

This might be before your time but... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #48

It was around sortof at the end of them BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #49

Dave Roberts for me Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #40

Well remember who he replaced! BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #47

6ABC household here. Tree-Hugger Jul 2022 #39

We occasionally watch Action News. discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2022 #43

A friend of mine played a character at DisneyWorld Baggies Jul 2022 #11

This park has been open almost as long as Disney World BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #12

"they apparently have policies against certain "contact"." Baggies Jul 2022 #13

Well that's up to the park because when it comes to "children" BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #15

sad sad sad llashram Jul 2022 #17

I was going to say that these costumes often restrict the performers' view FakeNoose Jul 2022 #18

If you look at the video BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #20

Yes I watched it, I think they wave at everyone FakeNoose Jul 2022 #21

I think the point here BumRushDaShow Jul 2022 #22

The little girls don't understand why they can't touch Cookie Monster but the white kid could. n/t whopis01 Jul 2022 #44

Sigh. The worst thing about seeing racist shit is watching people twisting into Solomon Jul 2022 #19

I agree. I watched the video and the park's explanation doesn't cut it with me. yardwork Jul 2022 #23

Some people are in denial or so dense, that they can't see it unless spudspud Jul 2022 #25

Anyone remember something where someone did some Q sign JI7 Jul 2022 #24