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‘Street Gang’ Director Explains Why ‘Sesame Street’ Once Got Backlash From Black Parents (Video)

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Also Read: 'Street Gang' Film Review: Documentary Celebrates How 'Sesame Street' Changed the World“I initially thought that maybe the white parents couldn’t handle Roosevelt because he was too Black, but it was actually the Black parents.

It was the parents of the Black children who didn’t want that to be symbolizing their culture,” director Marilyn Agrelo said in TheWrap’s Virtual Sundance Studio.

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