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Baltimore Family Files A $25 Million Lawsuit Against Sesame Place For Alleged Racial Discrimination

<p>Earlier this month&comma; <strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;black-mother-slams-sesame-place-after-character-seemingly-ignores-her-daughters-at-parade&sol;">Sesame Place<&sol;a><&sol;strong> faced backlash after a New York mother shared a now-viral video of her daughter and niece seemingly being ignored by one of the characters at Sesame Place&period; The video caused many other families to share videos of their children seemingly being ignored as well&period; Now one family in Baltimore has filed a lawsuit against the theme park alleging that their child was discriminated against&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;philadelphia&period;cbslocal&period;com&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;28&sol;sesame-place-lawsuit-filed-baltimore-family-discrimination&sol;">CBS Philly<&sol;a><&sol;em>&comma; the Burns family out of Baltimore has filed a &dollar;25 million class action lawsuit alleging that 5-year-old Kennedi Burns was discriminated against when the family visited the theme park back on June 18th&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The family&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Malcolm Ruff spoke out and said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;She was ignored amongst a sea of other young white children who were able to interact&comma; give hugs&comma; high fives&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>At least four of the characters from the park are accused of refusing to interact with Kennedi and other Black guests that were present at the park that day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mart Harris&comma; another attorney on the case said&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We want to punish Sea World because they know what happened was wrong and we’re sure that we are going to find that this was indeed a pattern that they were aware of&comma; they just didn’t care&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube data-videoid&equals;"9buoZX&lowbar;N-2I" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" dock&equals;"&num;dock-slot"><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Quinton Burns&comma; who contacted attorneys&comma; said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;Just looking at her face&comma; it makes me want to cry every time I see it&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Sesame Place responded to the lawsuit&comma;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;We will review the lawsuit filed on behalf of Mr&period; Burns&period; We look forward to addressing that claim through the established legal process&period; We are committed to deliver an inclusive&comma; equitable&comma; and entertaining experience for all our guests&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The legal team for Jodi Brown&comma; the mother who shared the now-viral clip from the theme park earlier this month&comma; made it clear that they are not a part of this lawsuit&period; As <em><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;new-york-city-press-conference-is-held-in-response-to-viral-sesame-place-incident&sol;">previously<&sol;a><&sol;em> reported&comma; Jodi and her family held a press conference in New York earlier this month to discuss their issue with the theme park&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <span class&equals;"s1"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a>  <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; 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