A Sesame Street-themed amusement park has apologized after a viral video appeared to show a costumed character waving off two 6-year-old Black girls at a parade in Philadelphia.
The mother of one of the girls posted the video from the incident at Sesame Place to Instagram on Saturday.
The park said the performer portraying Rosita did the"no" hand gesture in response to those asking them to hold their child, which is not permitted. Sesame Place has issued two apologies since, saying the performer did not intentionally ignore the girls and promising to take action to do better.
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