“Through that partnership with the Sesame Workshop, SeaWorld planned to open a second Sesame Place park in the US, which they announced several years ago. It is a blended park: both a dry park with rides and shows, and it’s also a water park.” It started out very small and evolved into what it is today, which is something very similar to our Sesame Place. “SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment has been the theme park partner in the US with the Sesame Workshop since 1980 when they opened the original Sesame Place park near Philadelphia. This has opened up the opportunity for me to lead the construction, design, build, and opening of a brand new Sesame Street park.” A long-lasting partnershipīrinker describes the development of Sesame Place San Diego: “I’ve had the good fortune of having great roles and great mentors. He has worked for all the major operators and his first job was working on Shanghai Disneyland. “I’ve been working in theme parks ever since. He had always wanted to build theme parks: I went into the reserve as an engineering officer, and found my first theme park job.” I eventually got out after 12 years of active duty. “Prior to that, I started out my early career in the US Navy, in the part that focuses on construction engineering. “I came to SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment specifically for the Sesame Place San Diego project,” he tells blooloop. He has been working for SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment since 2018. and SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment LLC, engages in pervasive and appalling race discrimination against children in the operation of Sesame Place Philadelphia,” the complaint says.Clint Brinker, corporate project manager, global theme park development, is leading the new Sesame Place San Diego theme park project.
“This class action lawsuit demonstrates that SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Inc. The class action suit aims to rectify what it said was disparate treatment endured by Black patrons of the park who’ve visited since late July 2018, the court filing says. In addition to monetary demands, the lawsuit asks the court to compel the defendants to issue a formal apology to Black Americans, conduct psychological screenings to avoid hiring racially bigoted prospective employees and provide existing employees with mandatory cultural sensitivity training and employee educational courses “on the history of discrimination against Black people in America provided by a mutually agreed nationally acclaimed expert in the field of African and Black History and Culture.” In addition to monetary demands, the lawsuit asked the court to compel the defendants to issue a formal apology to Black Americans. Mom believes Sesame Place character was intentionally racist toward two 6-year-old Black girls That family was unaware of the class action lawsuit before its filing, a family representative told CNN.īig Bird is shown on a sign near an entrance to Sesame Place in Langhorne, Pa., Dec. Though the court filing does not describe an interaction in detail, the legal action comes on the heels of a public apology from amusement park officials to another Black family after a video went viral on social media showing two Black children seemingly snubbed by the “Rosita” character.
“We stand before you here today simply trying to fight and protect little Black children and their fundamental civil rights,” attorney Malcolm Ruff said. In a statement, Sesame Place says they will review the lawsuit and “are committed to deliver an inclusive, equitable and entertaining experience for all our guests.”Īttorneys involved in the lawsuit held a news conference Wednesday with Burns and his daughter. The lawsuit does not specify the race of the employees. Lawyer B'Ivory Lamarr stands with community activists and members of the family of the two young girls who he claims were ignored by a Sesame Place actor dressed as Rosita at Sesame Place in Philadelphia due to their race on July 20, 2022, in New York City.
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