Elmo and his Sesame Street neighbors appeared on a CNN Town Hall Saturday morning, and learned about racism and the reasons for the nationwide protests, Vulture reports. The show, hosted by CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill, as well as Big Bird, was a big one for Elmo, who learned about racism for the first time, as well as the reasons for the protests from his dad Louie. “Racism is when people treat other people unfairly because of the way they look or the color of their skin,” Louie explained to Elmo. “Not all streets are like Sesame Street. On Sesame Street, we all love and respect one another. Across the country, people of color, especially in the black community, are being treated unfairly because of how they look, their culture, race and who they are. What we are seeing is people saying, ‘Enough is enough.’ They want to end racism.” Later in the show, Abby Cadabby revealed how Big Bird had once been bullied because of his yellow feathers. “Like a lot of people I’m very upset,” she said. “I’m upset at how my friends across the country are being treated and I know it’s not right,” she said. Longtime Sesame Street neighbors Gordon and Maria also appeared. “It’s frustrating and unbelievable to me that we’re still fighting the very same fight and dealing with the very same issues that we dealt with on Sesame Street in 1969. It breaks my heart. No child or grown up should have to deal with being treated unfairly,” Maria said.
https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/watch-sesame-street-cnn-town-hall-on-racism-featuring-elmo.html
“Not all streets are like Sesame Street. … What we are seeing is people saying 'enough is enough.' They want to end racism.”@Elmo’s dad Louie explains why people are protesting across the US. https://t.co/icV04F4FNW #CNNSesameStreet pic.twitter.com/1efrMAzZ8V
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