"Sesame Street Got It Right On Race" by Loam AseronFrom: Color Lines
"As a child, Sesame Street was the perfect universe, populated by whimsical and colorful characters, filled with music, where adults were the mortar and not the bricks. Who wouldn't want parents like the adults on Sesame Street? They would swoop down and offer words of wisdom and some guidance, but mostly they trusted us as kids. Gordon's presence is even more important in that context—not only was he a central character, but also he was a parental figure, a positive representation of a man of color parenting children of all ethnicities, something that's sorely missing from today’s children’s shows."
A funky rendition of Sesame Street I found on a recent dig. Enjoy!
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