If you remember spending your childhood at a kiddy adventure wonderland that has entertainment, rides and much more enjoyment for a young child? Well today...things have changed. The reason I bring this up was because of an incident at Sesame Place that changed the image of the park meant for young children.
Around July a young woman brought her daughter and niece to Sesame place. They went to see the parade that goes by. A few people dress as Sesame Characters walk around high fiving and shaking people's hands. Even younger children. The Rosita Character went by but did not shake the girl's hands because.... they were black.
I don't remember what happened. I just saw the video that was shown. The mother was not happy. She felt that her daughter and niece did not receive a handshake from a Sesame Character because of their race. She felt that Sesame Place had to do something about that. Fire the person who was in the Rosita costume and train their staff better.
Everyone was starting to feel sorry for the family as they soon hired an attorney to help settle the lawsuit. Believing that the people that work at the Sesame Place owe them over thousands of dollars, or something of that nature.
Sesame Place has seen been giving apology notes to the mother, but she feels that they haven't done enough to handle the situation. Soon some families came forward explaining that their child had delt with the same thing because of their race. Videos soon popped up showing their child's experience with other Sesame Characters in the parade.
It seems Sesame Place has a lot to do to recover for their mistakes. Having to send two apologize to the family as well as trying to find a well to better their park. What I think they should do is find a way to get workers trained to show that inappropriate behavior would not be tolerated.
Sesame Place used to be the happiest place. But not every amusement park is considered a friendly place. Back in the 90's, people in the summertime would love to spend their money on rides and entertainment. Now, it's nothing but Facebook or Tik Tok or whatever, and technology is taking over our life.
Ever since COVID happened, things have changed. Even amusement parks. People stopped coming in to work sometimes because they feel they would get sick. So, it's not just Sesame Place suffering, but everywhere else as well. But they are still responsible for their own workers. Even if Sesame Place isn't what it used to be, at least they're trying to better themselves.
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