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‘Sesame Street’ Educates Kids About Racism in CNN Town Hall

06.06.2020 - 21:19

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Ellise Shafer editor“Sesame Street” and CNN aired a town hall Saturday morning to help kids and families understand the nationwide protests on racial injustice.Hosted by CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill, “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism” employed Elmo, Big Bird, Abby Cadabby and other “Sesame Street” favorites to help explain racism in the U.S.

and answer important questions from children across the country.“Not all streets are like Sesame Street,” Elmo’s dad, Louie, said when explaining the protests to Elmo. “On Sesame Street, we all love and respect one another.

But 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.