Two New Black 'Sesame Street' Characters Explain Racial Difference to Children

Two New Black ‘Sesame Street’ Characters Explain Racial Difference to Children

6th April, 2021

9 April 2021, Newsletter, School Psych, SLP

[Source: The Today Show]

“Sesame Street” is introducing two new Muppets, a Black father and son, as part of an effort to help children understand racial literacy.

The two Muppets, Wes and Elijah, were introduced in a short video created by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind the long-running 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.

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