Sesame Street has released a new song which urges young Asian-Americans to be “proud of your eyes.”
In footage released this week, a Filipino American girl Analyn, tells her friends Wes and Alan that she had been bullied because of the shape of her “slanty” eyes.
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RT reports: Her friends cheer her up with a song telling her that “Your eyes tell the story of your family. They show where you came from, and how you came to be. The color, the shape and the size should always make you proud of your eyes.”
The heartwarming message was explained by The Hill as an effort to combat “anti-Asian attacks and rhetoric.” As heartwarming as its message may be, it remains doubtful whether a Sesame Street song will do anything to stop the recent spate of assaults on Asian-Americans in the US’ major cities.
With media attention on anti-Asian racism, celebrities have also found themselves in hot water recently for past comments on Asians. Pop star Billie Eilish apologized this week after a video of her mouthing the word “chink” as a teenager went viral, and soccer player and outspoken feminist Megan Rapinoe is currently facing controversy for a 2011 tweet addressed to fellow player Natasha Kai stating “u look asian with those closed eyes!”
Sesame Street has run a whole range of woke segments in recent months, to mixed reviews. In an episode in March, Wes and his father, both of whom are black, explained to Elmo that the color of their skin “is an important part of who we are.” Some commentators wondered at the time how such words would go down if a white character uttered them.
More recently, the show featured a married gay couple and their daughter in honor of Pride Month, to cheers from LGBT activists.
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Pride is one of the 7 deadly Sins so trust ss to be promoting it as positive . Always like the lady with a dagger in her bag .
Will Sesame street have a song about “round eyes”, a favorite asian insult.