A Baltimore family is suing A sesame square-A theme park for $25 million over racial profiling allegations that several costumed characters ignored a 5-year-old black girl during a date event last month.
The lawsuit follows a video that went viral on social media showing two other black girls appearing to be kissed by a costumed employee during a parade in Langhorne Park outside Philadelphia. Sesame Place apologized in a statement and promised more training for its employees after the video went viral earlier this month.
The lawsuit, seeking class action status, was filed in federal court in Philadelphia against SeaWorld Parks, owner of Sesame Place, for “widespread and egregious racial discrimination.”
The lawsuit alleges that the four employees were dressed sesame square The characters ignored Quinton Burns, his daughter Kennedy Burns and other black guests during a June 18 gathering. The suit alleges that “SeaWorld artists easily contacted a number of white clients in similar situations.”
At a news conference on Wednesday, one of the family’s lawyers, Malcolm Roof, called for SeaWorld to be transparent and for the company to compensate the Burns family. The suit was filed in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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