Getting to Sesame Street
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Sesame Street Children's Television Workshop
The innocence of kids is being attacked earlier and earlier. Sesame street started as a way to reach under privileged kids. It was going above the noise and really above the politics that can slow down and sometimes obstruct real change in schools and governments. Because it was started by white liberals from new york city, kick started with government funding and aired on public television and meant for black children. They choose the muppets who have continued to teach us generation after generation.
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