Sesame Place Apologizes After Black Girls Snubbed At Parade

A viral video shows one of the costumed parade characters high-fiving a White child and woman, then gesturing "no" and walking past two Black girls.

A Sesame Street-themed amusement park has apologized and promised more training for its employees after a video showing a costumed character waving off two 6-year-old Black girls during a parade went viral online.

The nine-second video, posted to Instagram on Saturday by Jodi Brown, the mother of one of the girls, showed the character Rosita high-fiving a white child and woman, then gesturing “no” and walking away from the two girls who had their arms stretched out for a hug and high-five during the parade at Sesame Place in Langhorne, outside Philadelphia. A post shared by Jeezy (@__jodiii__)