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Sesame Street Introduce Black Muppets as part of racial literary series
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April 9, 2021
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7:57Now PlayingSharon Reed and Mike Hill talk to Dr. Jeanette Betancourt, the SVP of U.S. Social Impact at Sesame Workshop, about two new Black Muppets, Wes & Elijah, to help children talk about race as part of the show’s “ABC’s of Racial Literary” series.
“We want to know that children are not color blind and by having these types of discussion, we’re actually making these children color proud,” Betancourt said.
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