$25M lawsuit filed vs. Sesame Place for alleged racism | Banfield 

This lawsuit is almost as stupid as the one where the girl sued for being stood up on a date

“Irreparable damage?!” If I counted the number of times I was shunned by the public when I was a child, I would have been “irreparably damaged” dozens and dozens of times. This Woke movement has gone too far.

Stereotypes exists for a reason. These people look exactly like the type to do this. It’s even more ridiculous the amount being sued for. These people, yes, these people, are truly pathetic.

How could they see he was looking at then when they have a full head suit on

this lady saying she can see where this sesame characters eyes were looking under that giant head is ridiculous, it is clear they were motioning no to people behind

25 million?! What a load of crap.

More victims with victim mentality. Stop looking for a handout.

im so sick of people blaming everyone of being racist

Like we didn't see this coming.

Lol laughable. They do see that the characters are dancing along side black co-workers right? Looking for quick money.

This would make for some killer ratings if The Masked Singer can get this person on the show

The parents and all of these talking heads all need to be sued for defamation of character along with the lawyers, plus everyone else at the park needs to sue all of these people for the trauma they are all causing. Enough is enough.

It’s ridiculous how a costumed muppets is racist because someone got their feeling hurt not having the experience be what they wanted. No, you can’t see well in those costumes and he wasn’t even looking at them so what the fck ever. The second clip very very obviously was someone tiny walking u trying to hug a character who can’t see her. I guess the characters need to have all the footage reviewed to make sure they’re only singling out people of color intentionally and never walk past anyone else. Yes u guys should just get out of your feelings and leave the damn Sesame Street hero’s alone.

This is absolutely ridiculous, lol ,that's crazy

Some person's have racist attitudes .. just read some comments on this thread .

My granddaughter was traumatized when she was 5 years old by a supposed beloved character!

He means, he can’t see Black…

So now all of the characters have crawl on their knees for the whole parade. The guy who suggested that should be forced to walk on his knees the same distance as he wants the characters to crawl and see how much he likes it and of course put him in a hot suit with limited vision and see how well he does.

If this had happened to a white woman and she sued, she would of ben called a Karen. I had to ware a costume once and you can't see @#%!. You can only turn your head right and left. Only way to see a child is to kneel down to their level.

Impossible to take seriously. I pray to God that they will not receive a cent. Alone the fact that they have the time, abiity and will to make such a fuss about this shows that they are already way more privileged than most people in the world.

im confused the full video clearly shows the character making the no signal to the ppl behind who were doin sumthn dumb.. smells like frivolous money hungry piggies

Stop making excuses for pure hate and racism

Honestly, there seems to be one common denominator that has problems everywhere they go. From sesame place to fast food places….Most likely this was blown way out of proportion by the parents who are looking for some quick cash.

Disgusting behavior,everyone wants free money today in America.

Every year that goes by the more desirable peaceful separation becomes.

What race was the person in the costume? The lawyers should try on one of these costumes. If you think you can easily get down on your knees in one of these costumes you don't know what you're talking about. I have worn a character costume for a children's story time event. It was extremely heavy, difficult to maneuver in and see out of. I thought I was going to suffocate as it was also difficult to breathe in from the smell of it. As soon as I was out of the thing, I said never again. That said if I could sue for every insult, slight or bullying that I nave experienced sometimes by blacks, I'd be rich. Things are not always what they seem. The person is looking through the mouth opening in most of these costumes so you can't go by where the eyes are pointed even though it looks like they were pointed directly at the children. It may be that what he actually could see were the kids behind the girls or clothing only and was just trying to move the children back, where just like at a concert, for instance, a group of fans may be trying to get as close as possibe to the character. Think about when you parallel park a car and everything looks closer than it actually is because of the vantage point.

This is why america has become weak....victimhood

They ain’t gonna get nothing. This is ridiculous.

If I got paid for everytime I got ignored I'd be rich too. Stop exploiting your kids for a payout. It wasn't that serious. Smh

Soon it will be to risking to let them in your business . 🤨🤨

i feel bad for the person in the suit. Did nothing wrong, just walking along with a a big furry head and missing two short kids. Just now finding out he or she was supposed to hug EVERY KID in the area during the 15 minute parade. HAHAHAHA

A judge should just laugh an dismiss this crap.I can't believe this mess has gone this far.

Sesame park is gonna settle out of court

I can't believe Elmo would do such a thing. I get Oscar though.

Embarrassing! The park made a second statement apologizing. Critical mistake!

I didn't get my high 5, I want compensation also.

It was because of their race period!!😢

What a great idea! I think I'll take my white grandson down to Disneyworld and if Cinderella doesn't look his way, I'll file a lawsuit too and see how much money I can get!! I'm so sick of people playing the race card. All they want is money. Try working for a living and stop playing the race card to get money.

Angela is telling the truth, that was blatant! Rosita can see everything, but black children 😔

if you didn't know there was a video on RU-vid of somebody who's been in one of the sesame Street character costumes before and said it is not that hard to see out of those suits and sesame place was lying

So how ABOUT THE CHILDREN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PARADE STREET THATVWAS WAVING BUT THE CHARACTERS BACK WAS TURNED... SO GUESS THEY SHOULD AUE AS WELL RIGHT... WTH... THROW IT OUT....DENY THE MOTION

Even if it wasn't intentional-if it wasn't meant to be a racist act toward the babies, THEY- the BABIES don't know or understand that.

what if the guy in the suit and the parents are conspiring together?

I felt her pain yea right boo hoo it's so horrible

Grow up America damn

hahahahahahah The legal paper said "Elmo" & "Ernie" in the suit loloolol hahahahahahahah Damn you Elmo !!!!!

All about money really 25 million.

oh this alot of bs

I cant stomach this and will now terminate all this BS.

I understand but I dont.. well yea.. I think the character was being rude.

If they win which i don't think they will it's class action lawsuit which means the lawyer probably get the bulk of the money and what left gets devided between everyone else they will probably get less than dollar each.

The characters at Disney during the parade didn't acknowledge my special needs child on a make a wish type group trip but u know what we didn't sue we figured they didn't see her why bc they were in costumes. It's going be funny when the person in the costume comes out as POC then what excuse is the lawsuit going to have grounds for????

it was a black person in the custom probably

I always knew "Ernie" was shady ......He got to go !

The litigants don't realize that if they win (heaven forbid!), Sesame Place will have to raise prices. That means that those precious little girls and parents will be responsible of many poorer Black people not being able to afford this entertainment. That's right, your greed and misplaced ideas about race will continue to adversely affect the race that you're so proud to belong to. And of course other races will be affected too, so race relations will suffer. Good job.

40 acres and a mule one way or another

At this point all Sesame Workshop can do as damage control is to do everything possible to cut ties with Sea World. I grew up with Sesame Street going back to the 1970's It's really sad to see the legacy of Sesame Street tarnished to what now looks like beyond repair especially after so many people from the human actors and performers and everyone at the Jim Henson Company worked so hard to make the concept of Sesame Street a positive experience for so many kids.

I'm sorry, but this is silly. I feel bad for the girls if they felt bad. The video looks messed up. If it made them feel a certain way I think Sesame place can apologize or send the kids something. But 25 million? Thats ridiculous.

Is that all the video there is? I would think there are hours of video during the show and you could look at it in more context. Was it just cherry picking a few clips out of hundreds?

It appear the costume person looked right down at them and acknowledged them and waved no a few times to those girls. But how can Sesame place know an employee is a racist before they hire them, I think the individual in the costume must be sued and not seseme place, sorry.

Wow, if you will be racist to little children grownups don't have a chance!!!

Grifters gonna grift

I can’t stop crying this hurts so bad!!😢

Ridiculous ! Get a clue.

And who says reparations aren’t already being paid to African Americans

Top 10 Techniques used to CONCEAL the system of white supremacy racism: 1. Denying: totally ignoring racism or simply asserting that racism does not exist. 2. Deflecting: insisting that any inequality is based on class, culture, ethnicity, family values… anything, but race. Or using words like “diversity” or “ethnicity” when you’re really talking about race -- because any acknowledgement of race may be an admission that there’s racism. 3. Coding: using certain words, symbols and images to evoke racial fears--but not explicitly mentioning race--so as not to appear racist. (Words such as “gang member,” “illegal alien,” and “welfare queen”--all frequently associated with images of people of color--are routinely and strategically inserted into policy debates. Political ads--such as President Bush Sr.’s use of the Willie Horton ad to conjure up white fears of black men, or former California Governor Pete Wilson’s ads of undocumented immigrants--were racist tools used to win elections.) 4. Confusing: cleverly appointing token Black people to positions to act as spokespersons or leaders to promote and justify racist measures or deny that something is racist. 5. Personalizing: blaming individuals, instead of institutions, for anything that may seem unequal or racist. 6. Exceptionalizing: acknowledging that there may be an extremist or “bad apple” responsible for a racist act, but never conceding that there is any institutional accountability or systemic inequality. 7. Scapegoating: holding people who are adversely affected by racism responsible for their own plight, blaming things on their “pathological” value and lifestyles, such as laziness, promiscuity or lack of “personal responsibility.” 8. Mythologizing: appealing to the great American myths: anyone who tries can succeed (myth of meritocracy); everyone/everything is equal (myth of the level playing field), or race is irrelevant (colorblind myth), etc. 9. Decontextualizing: ignoring the context of racism so that things appear to be isolated incidents, rather than part of a pattern or bigger picture. The evening television news is notorious for this, portraying, for example, a violent crime in a black neighborhood without any examination of the causes or.context. Similarly, when white people raise charges of so-called “reverse racism,” it ignores history, white privilege and the ongoing existence of a very uneven playing field. 10. Lying: simply asserting that racism doesn’t exist even when you know it does. It’s easier to lie since telling the truth might mean having to admit responsibility. In fact, sometimes the bigger the lie, the more people believe it. ***New Hip Hop Music Link*** Prelude to Serenity playlist ru-vid.com/group/PLpCFDKDAJtem-6IJBdvTXNo9MCkeZG2Ws

Techniques for Revealing racism: 1. Naming: explicitly mentioning race by name--using words such as “racism,” “racial inequality,” “racial discrimination,” “racial bias,” etc. --so that racism gets acknowledged and addressed. 2. Framing: using a racial frame to describe an issue--e.g. “racial profiling,” “environmental racism,” “transit racism,” “racial redlining,” etc.--so that institutional accountability and policy change becomes a central focus of the debate. 3. Explaining: making the existence of racism easily understandable by: • Using concrete evidence, • Pointing out patterns, connections and causes • Placing the focus of attention on institutional targets, • Appealing to people’s core values of fairness, • Borrowing legitimacy and moral authority from respected sources, • Using irrefutable personal stories to illustrate systemic patterns, etc.

The guy I'm the costume was black

I want to see all these characters unmasked & humiliated

I hope each child gets 25 mill each .

Lmfao this was always about money

for all parents of black children,they are targeting our kids,its up to us black parents to protect our kids by any means necessary,i don't easily cry but this gets to me,it makes mad,and to shed tears when i come across these vedios,makes me sick to my stomach

Damn they are doing what they do don’t wanna work just make a quick buck this is just sad

Haha What a joke

Okay they make it sound like this is gonna be such a shock such a dramatic thing is gonna ruin their lives… Such a trauma??? Really did you know what other people have gone through that actually qualifies as trauma irreparable damage???? This people make me laugh, stop the media gossip crap that’s why nobody watches your shit…

Why 25 million u serioues?....where is the daddy...dad should have knocked the hell out of the charactor if this was true

Sesame place plays so stupid

Gold diggers.

With what happend in Uvalde & Buffalo, THIS is what people are supposed to be mad about?! GROW THE HELL UP! And this is coming from a Dem, DAMN! Lawyers have gone from ambulance chasers, to people dressed as Jim Henson characters! This is just soooo stupid! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤷‍♀️

🙄

This is a joke, this is what we are talking about?

Simple money trying grab fu ni...

😂

Lamoiitthurrttss

*Cha-ching - PAYDAY BABY!!*

This Nissan fuggimg insane and ridiculous

In my opinion Sesame Street should just pay for both girls college education, and provide diversity training to employee. Everything don’t have to be about a lawsuit. Where is the 25 mil coming from? Press conferences, emotional distress, most of us have had WORST experiences in life. come on y’all make it make sense!!!!

🤣🤣🤣🤣 people are nuts 🤪🤪

#seaworldmustfall

B Ivory gone get PAID!!!

Bullpoop!!!!@

TWENTY FIVE MILLION?! They gonna make sure that money goes to those children and not the parents?