Sesame Street Adds 2 Black Muppets to Talk About Race & Racism
Written by Brittany Styles on March 24, 2021
“Sesame Street” is introducing two new Muppets, a Black father and son, to help children understand racial literacy.
Wes and Elijah appear in a short video created by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the show. “In the video, Elmo wants to know why Wes’s skin is brown, so his father Elijah explains the concept of melanin and how “the color of our skin is an important part of who we are,” according to a press release from Sesame Workshop.
Sesame Workshop also released a music video to the song “Giant” where the “Sesame Street” Muppets celebrate their “own unique identities.”
Sesame Street In Communities YouTube channel has so many great videos, that cover a wide variety of topics, to help you have discussions with your kiddos!
Cover Photo by AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File
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