‘Sesame Street’ will air town hall discussion on racism for kids

Amid the civil unrest that has flared in the US cities after the death of George Floyd, Padma Lakshmi opened up about discussing the issue of racism with her 10-year-old daughter Krishna. Ever since Floyd died after police officer Derek Chauvin handcuffed him and kneeled on his neck rendering him unable to breathe, people have been openly protesting against racial injustice in large numbers.

Will Thorne Staff WriterAva DuVernay has called out the mainstream media for “conflating” protestors and looters in covering the mass protests in response to the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minnesota police.Speaking during the first part of Oprah Winfrey’s two-night town hall titled “Where Do We Go From Here?” on racism in America, DuVernay said that she has witnessed people’s “concern with the murder of Black people by police” being “deterred because someone is taking a pair of jeans

protests continue to take place across the US and around the world after George Floyd, an African-American man, was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes and ignored the man’s pleas that he couldn’t breathe.Colston Hall is named after Edward Colston, a prominent 17th Century slave trader who has been a controversial figure in the city of Bristol for many years.

As protests continue around the globe in response to the murder of George Floyd at the hands of four Minneapolis police officers, some popular Sesame Street characters joined CNN’s Van Jones and Erica Hill and a group of experts to address the problem of racism and discuss how to fight against it.

Seth Rogen is not holding back.

Sesame Street has a long history of bringing important issues and powerful messages to children and families within their show. On Saturday morning, the beloved puppets and CNN teamed up for an educational special titled Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism to talk to kids and adults about racism and the ongoing nationwide protests amid George Floyd's death.The hour-long special was moderated by Big Bird, CNN political commentator Van Jones and  national correspondent Erica Hill.

“Sesame Street” has a long history of bringing important issues and powerful messages to children and families within their show. On Saturday morning, the beloved puppets and CNN teamed up for an educational special titled “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism” to talk to kids and adults about racism and the ongoing nationwide protests amid George Floyd’s death.

has a long history of bringing important issues and powerful messages to children and families within their show. On Saturday morning, the beloved puppets and CNN teamed up for an educational special titled to talk to kids and adults about racism and the ongoing nationwide protests amid George Floyd's death.The hour-long special was moderated by Big Bird, CNN political commentator Van Jones and  national correspondent Erica Hill.

CNN hosted a Sesame Street Town Hall on Saturday, June 6, that was both a kid and adult friendly special focusing on anti-racism. One of the characters that popped up during the 60-minute program was the beloved Elmo, who had a very educational discussion with his father Louie about the issues going on in the world after George Floyd‘s death.

On Saturday morning, CNN and Sesame Street joined forces to educated kids and adults about important issues with an hour-long special titled: Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families.

Sesame Street and CNN are teaming up to help kids and parents learn about the Black Lives Matter movement.

“Sesame Street” and CNN are joining forces to have an open dialogue about racism.

By Will Thorne

Former President Barack Obama live-streamed a town hall titled "A conversation with President Obama: Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence" on his Obama Foundation website Wednesday afternoon (June 3) to discuss taking action following George Floyd's unlawful murder at the hands of white police officers last week in Minnesota.

Hot New Hip Hop reported today that the last guest Joe Rogan had on his podcast was Reggie Watts and the pair spoke intensively about the Black Lives Matter protests which kicked off around the world following the death of George Floyd while in police custody. Amid the two hours and thirty-minute podcast, Reggie and Joe discussed a number of topics, including chimps and orangutans, politics, cars, and everything in between.

“Sesame Street” and CNN are joining forces to have an open dialogue about racism.

Seth Rogen would rather not deal with anyone being blind and ignorant to the systematic racism in the United States! As you might know, there are still many people who do not like the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement and the man made it very clear that those people can go ahead and unfollow him! Amid outrage and protests happening all over the country following the senseless killing of George Floyd, the comedian is showing full support to the movement but it looks like his stance was met with some