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Someone at Disney World is reading headlines, or so it seems based on how Woody’s character went out of his way to engage Black children waiting along a parade route.
Check out this video posted by a proud dad who took his two young kids to the Disney Orlando theme park this week — it shows the little ones squealing at the costumes. jessie mascot from the ‘Toy Story’ franchise as the characters walk down the street playing to their fans.
Jessie was on the other side of the street and seemed concerned about that part of the crowd, but her friend Wooden some Black kids notice and actually respond to them.
Check it out … Woody flags Jessie down, tells the youngsters … and they both go over to interact with them — which is great of course, because they were trying to get Jessie’s attention hard and they really seem to be. big fan.
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Not to turn this into a negative story — because it’s obviously very sweet — but it cannot be ignored that this happened amid the disturbing trend that has emerged recently … that is, mascots / costume characters at theme parks and snubbing such Black children, allegedly intentionally.
It’s happening all over the country, it seems…be it Sesame Place, Disneyland or even Chuck E. Cheese. All in all, some messed up videos have gone viral that appear to show classic characters ignoring or walking away from handsome kids.
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Although most establishments have denied any overt racial intent, a hard time to buy that.
It’s hard to say for sure if any of that was on Woody’s mind here when he did what he did…but it sure is possible. Thinking about how this controversy is great after the last few weeks, you have to imagine that people were taller in places like this discussions with their team.