Sesame Street has been around for half-century. Time flies.

 

Unless they were not allowed to watch it, like the ignorant folks in Mississippi who protested the show, a whole bunch of children still grew up to be racists as adults. 😁

 

The initial investment of $8 million dollars back in the 1960s adjusted for inflation is the equivalent of $71 million dollars today.

 

Those two white folks who brainstormed a children's TV program got a huge bag of money.😎

I was hoping that they would go further into it in this video but it was only 10 minutes so I guess it wasn't designed to go into too much detail; however I heard or read somewhere that introducing the MONSTERS of different colors and features was designed to combat racism as well.

Instead of making monsters scary, they made them friendly and intelligent.
It was designed to have the psychological effect of conditioning children to grow up accepting those who look different regardless of color or other features and not be afraid of them.

55 minutes ago, Pioneer1 said:

I heard or read somewhere that introducing the MONSTERS of different colors and features was designed to combat racism as well.

Instead of making monsters scary, they made them friendly and intelligent.
It was designed to have the psychological effect of conditioning children to grow up accepting those who look different regardless of color or other features and not be afraid of them.

That was the intent. Yet, there's no shortage of folks who grew up watching Sesame Street and they're full-blown racists as adults. 😎

Just now, ProfD said:

That was the intent. Yet, there's no shortage of folks who grew up watching Sesame Street and they're full-blown racists as adults. 😎

In the teachings of the Nation of Islam, the question is asked can you reform a devil....the answer is NO.

Based on my observations there are 2 types of Racists:

1. One is a Racist BY NATURE
2. One is a Racist BY CIRCUMSTANCE/ENVIRONMENT

I believe programs like Sesame Street are effective in reforming the latter Racist, but not the former.
His racism is part of his very nature and is.....for lack of a better term...GENETIC.

 

1 hour ago, Pioneer1 said:

Based on my observations there are 2 types of Racists:

1. One is a Racist BY NATURE
2. One is a Racist BY CIRCUMSTANCE/ENVIRONMENT

Racism is a learned behavior. 

 

Put a bunch of 5-year-olds on a playground of all races. They will run around and play with each other.

 

Bring those same kids together 5 years later and watch how they act towards each other. Some of them might be a little different. 20 years later they're in their camps.😁😎