The famous American children’s television program Sesame Street has just launched new videos to encourage dialogue on racism with children, incorporating its most famous characters and new puppets representative of American diversity.
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In one of the new videos uploaded on Tuesday to the show’s website, “Explaining Race,” two new puppets, an African-American father Elijah and his son Wes, are seen chatting with the iconic character Elmo. emission, differences in skin color due to melanin, but also the importance of not letting the differences in appearance make you forget that we all belong to the same human species.
Almost a year after the major protests against racial injustices that followed the death of George Floyd, this approximately three-minute video is part of a new series called “The ABCs of Education on racism, “which aims to” provide families with the necessary tools to educate about racism and have open conversations with young children, “Sesame Workshop, the association behind the show, said in a statement.
In another video due out soon, puppets portraying characters of Hispanic origin will be confronted with a racist event in a grocery store.
“With the trust we have with families, we have a responsibility to speak publicly about racism,” Kay Wilson Stallings, Sesame Workshop vice president responsible for creation, said in the statement.
“The work of dismantling racism begins by helping children understand what racism is and how it hurts and affects people.”
“Sesame Street”, a program launched in 1969 and present in more than 150 countries, is a benchmark in educational programming. She had already launched a program against racism following the death of George Floyd, broadcast in particular during a “town hall” on CNN.
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