thatpettyblackgirl:https://www.thedailybeast.com/chester-pierce-the-forgotten-tale-of-how-a-black-ps
thatpettyblackgirl:https://www.thedailybeast.com/chester-pierce-the-forgotten-tale-of-how-a-black-psychiatrist-helped-make-sesame-street?ref=scrollIn 1968, a group of black psychiatrists helped design Sesame Street as a way “to directly counter and counteract the racist messages prevalent in the media.” And Mississippi later tried to ban it, just because Gordon & Susan moved in the neighborhood smhSo they were fine with a green homeless guy living in the garbage but not two middle class POCs. Nice. -- source link