Sesame Street

 Sesame Street had a mixed ethnicity neighborhood and encouraged diversity, acceptance and unity among people of all backgrounds and included the lives of puppets.  Thinking about this now I have a whole new appreciation for this children’s program that first aired in late 1969, and taught these lessons to children in the 1970s.


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