Sesame Workshop Talks About Race, Welcomes Two Black Muppets - TIME
Mar 23, 2021 · Sesame Workshop Is Talking More Explicitly About Race—and Welcoming Two Black Muppets. Elijah Walker, 35, a new Black Muppet who, along with his son Wesley, 5, will be introduced on March...
Who Was Sesame Street's First Black Muppet? - JSTOR Daily
Apr 9, 2021 · Recently, as part of the program’s “ABCs of Racial Literacy” initiative, it introduced two new Muppet characters —Elijah and Wesley Walker, a Black father and son. However, the show’s first attempt at introducing a Black puppet met with mixed results.
Two new Black Muppets explain racial difference to children - CNN
Mar 25, 2021 · Those matters arise with the show’s two new Muppet characters: Wesley Walker and his father, Elijah. Both are African American human, or humanoid, Muppets. They are conceived to answer...
She grew up watching ‘Sesame Street.’ Then she made history ... - CNN
Feb 26, 2023 · Megan Piphus Peace is the voice of 6-year-old Gabrielle on “Sesame Street,” and the first Black woman puppeteer in the show’s more than 50-year history.
'Sesame Street' Introduces 2 Black Muppets For Powerful
Mar 23, 2021 · The roughly three-minute clip, titled “ Explaining Race ,” introduces viewers to 5-year-old Wesley Walker and his father, Elijah. As the pair are enjoying an afternoon nature walk, Elmo arrives to engage them in a short and age-appropriate conversation that …
Sesame Street's first Black female puppeteer wants to keep ... - NPR
Sep 25, 2022 · Her journey to Sesame Street was preceded by Kevin Clash, a Black male puppeteer who started with the show in the 1980s. It wasn't until 2021 that a Black female puppeteer would do the same.
The rise and sudden fall of Sesame Street’s ‘black Elmo’
May 9, 2020 · Roosevelt Franklin (left), a short-lived "Sesame Street" Muppet championed and voiced by Matt Robinson (right), was designed to represent black youth on a show dominated by white puppeteers.
New 'Sesame Street' documentary reveals the story behind
May 7, 2021 · Muppet characters as diverse as Rosita, Kami and Julia all have their roots in what Robinson hoped to achieve with Roosevelt. And the series recently welcomed two new Black Muppets to the...
'Sesame Street' has its first Black female puppeteer - The Detroit News
Sep 20, 2022 · In June 2020, Piphus Peace made history by becoming the first Black woman to be a puppeteer performer on "Sesame Street," and the following year, she became a full-time cast member on Season 52...
‘Sesame Street’ introduces two new Black muppets in effort
Mar 23, 2021 · Meet Elijah and Wes, the “humanoid” Muppets with melanated skin tones. These character additions aim to address race and showcase representations of Blackness.
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