Ernie, a muppet from the popular children's series "Sesame Street," appears with new character Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet, on the set of the long-running children's program in New York on Nov. 1, 2021. Ji-Young is Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding.
Ji-Young will formally be introduced in “See Us Coming Together: A Sesame Street Special.” Simu Liu, Padma Lakshmi and Naomi Osaka are among the celebrities appearing in the special, which will drop Thanksgiving Day on HBO Max, “Sesame Street” social media platforms and on local PBS stations.Some of Ji-Young’s personality comes from her puppeteer. Kathleen Kim, 41 and Korean American, got into puppetry in her 30s. In 2014, she was accepted into a “Sesame Street” workshop.
One result was 8-year-old Tamir. While not the show’s first Black muppet, he was one of the first used to talk about subjects like racism. In “See Us Coming Together,” Sesame Street is preparing for Neighbor Day where everyone shares food, music or dance from their culture. Ji-Young becomes upset after a kid, off screen, tells her “to go back home,” an insult commonly flung at Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. But she feels empowered after Sesame Street’s other Asian American residents, guest stars and friends like Elmo assure her that she belongs as much as anyone else.
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When in Korea White skin is everything. And Korean wave helping to rising the beauty standard getting worse
It seems as though there remain idiots cannot realize that Sesame Street is a fictional program. Why should young Americans be exposed to only one view of the world. The programs are based on social situations. Xenophobia is not a value for many Americans. Kudos to PBS.
What race is Jesus? Have you asked to remove tax exempt status for every Bible and every Church that has depicted Him and any number of figures in scripture as Caucasian or European? You do know He was an olive-skinned Jewish man.
I rather hate anti-Asians too. I guess that includes you, you blatant racist.
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Aren’t they supposed to be like monsters or something? Since when did the monsters/characters have to be a race? When I was a little kid in the early 2000s they were yellow, purple, orange and green not Asian or black etc y’all doing too much.
bert is chinese since hes yellow and his hair sticks up, ernie im not sure
So they’re woke enough to create an Asian muppet but too worried about offending people to actually make the muppet look Asian? 🤔🤔
They better make sure an Asian actor voices the character or all the snowflakes will have an aneurysm, go cross-eyed and shit themselves.
What type of social conformity is this …
azeithammertv Point 1: Shouldn't it be worded 'a rise in Asian hate'? Doesn't 'Anti-Asian hate' mean you hate everyone that is NOT Asian? Point 2: If you really want to stop the spread of 'Asian Hate', teach your kids to avoid all national media outlets...forever.
What the f is that 😂
As an Asian, I see no reason for their existence. It wasn't like the previous characters were white exclusively. Hell, they weren't even human at times and yet, despite being different, all were together. Anyone was able to relate to them due to not being a specific race.
Sparked by hate crimes targeting Asian people, lots of people and companies are taking a stand against racial discrimination. I hope it will be soon that we are surrounded by media that include diverse people.
I was never aware the Puppets belonged to a human racial group. Or that it’s children attacking Asian people because all the surveillance footage shows it’s been black people performing these acts of white supremacy HATE on asian people
What other muppet has a race tho?
Muppets have races? I'm so confused lol
syramadad She'll be fine on sesame street. There are no black puppets.
Ted Cruz is probably losing it.
Um, Asian as in CaucASIAN? 🧐
It’s 2032… China is about to invade the now fully neutered US when Xi’s top advisor reminds him of the fearless heroics of those virtuous souls behind the “stop Asian hate movement”. Xi has a last minute change of heart… … Jk. They invade anyway
Give it a rest would ya. It’s a show about fictional animal-like puppets, not a sitcom
This is gonna ruffle some Republican feathers.
Eva use there’s so many orange people
I can't wait to meet her. I was wondering if Zhari and her family moves to Sesame Street in America. She'll be happy playing with Elmo, Abby, Rosita, and Bert and Ernie.
I love expanding the neighborhood - just wish more kids could visit the neighborhood like when I was a kind and SesameStreet was on pbs It influenced my life including my acceptance of folks different from me.
Talk about Monday morning quarterbacking. 30 years too late sesamestreet
.GabiMccauley not the same but tiny progress
Is Ji-Young perhaps Filipina? She doesn't quite look mainstream Asian.
She doesn't look Asian. The eyes need to be flatter and narrower.
It’s okay to say you just want to increase merchandise sales by appealing to more demographics.
nhile_de Ok for me. As long as Ernie and Bert stay a loving gay couple 🏳️🌈
She should be right as long as she doesn`t get vaccinated, or at least doesn`t mention her vaccination status. Notice they didn`t make her Chinese.
So incredibly dumb.
Are we sure Oscar the Grouch wasn’t a mutated Vietnamese Mossy Frog? But to be serious, good for Asian American kids.
Wow. That took way too long.
I don’t think it will make it any worse, but I’m pretty sure the problem isn’t the children
If you study US history, you see bigotry & hatred of Asians in the US is overwhelmingly from Democrats & their unionized camp-followers. It was that way in 1840, same in the 1930's & 40's, & is today. Face it: Slackers hate doers, & our Asian neighbors are doers.
Fantastic
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Cool. Fox News needed some subject material for this week.
Shouldn't her eyes look different?
Wow is Rafael Cruz going to have a meltdown .
Cue triggered Ted Cruz
Yes... but how is her driving abilities?
Is she a manga character?
I’m seeing more non Asians having weird feelings over this than Asians themselves in these comments. It’s a cute Asian muppet who likes to rock out like if that makes u feel weird in any way maybe u should think to urself, “why am I like this?”
tedcruz is Sesame Street too woke?
Pikachu is canon
Asian muppet...been many Asian Americans as characters
DefundPBS
Umm.. I thought the whole point of the muppets was there was no race..
You love to see it 😍
same vibe as enforcing 50/50 man-to-woman requirement at workplaces
tedcruz is probably fuming about this.
Somewhere tedcruz is losing his shit over this
How cute is this GeorgeTakei ? ^_^
Breaking Noos: Muppets now have races.
How is this not tokenism?
Alright - who’s mad
In 2021? That’s actually crazy.
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Ted will be overjoyed!
All of them are Asian, made in china
What ethnicity and/or race are the other muppets? afrdiasporanews kengandanation DrMumbiSeraki
The only question is what role will she play in helping bigbird2022 defeat SenTedCruz
so now someone needs to go tell oscar he is an old white redneck from florida i guess... When will this shit end?
The new muppet looks like all the others. What’s the point?
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WajahatAli Better late than never, I suppose. Now, how about a Native American. Or a few immigrant non-Americans like an Afghan refugee or an undocumented person?
Why don’t the eyes look more Asian?! This idea will only help children if they know what the character looks like!
docrocktex26 Between this and big bird I bet SenTedCruz is about to have a stroke.
Lets see what Cancun Cruz will say about this one since he is on a Sesame Street kick
What do you think Ted? Not in Texas?!
MAGA outrage in 3...2...
She should have been there years ago, but ok.. at least she’s there now.
What ethnicity is Cookie Monster?
ChristopherSean Did you see this?
Asian American Muppet? they are muppets, they are different sizes and colours, they are not supposed to be any particular race. If they want to make a statement then just out Bert & Ernie, we all know what they get up to.
Bert get cancelled?
Can she drive?
I bet the little kids watching it were complaining about the lack of diversity in their favourite puppet show...
Cruz will be picking on her soon.
The news corporations ceasing to falsify every single tangent of reality about race is America would also help.
GeorgeTakei Did we know that muppets had nationalities? Who knew? 🤷🏼♀️
The fact that they give their Muppets ages has always freaked me out a little. I can’t really place why, but something about that doesn’t sit right with me.
GeorgeTakei Back at ya 😘
SesameErnie is orange. where's he from or who is he related to? LetsGoBrandon
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sesamestreet SesameCommunity SesameWorkshop BigBird elmo where’s the Sikh American puppet? ☬
They just follow the troupe of asians playing guitars? Disgusting
Can we not talk about race? Just add the dame muppet
Asian Americans have been here since America was a shack on a hill. Fast forward today we are celebrating putting an Asian in Sesame Street a show that has been on air for 52 years just because there’s violence against Asians is an insult. It’s too late. 52 years ago yes.
Ernie looks pretty happy with her.
I don't think she will be a positive force against anti-Asian hate- unless fat bald white men with beer bellies and their mucho grande Karen wife are watching this show
This is awesome and all should have representation this will also help kids learn some amazing things about all cultures. However, I don’t think it’s toddlers raging on Asians…we need swift and harsh justice on hate crimes without any BS ways out of it.
Where's the plastic surgery
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Squid game muppet
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Cultural appropriation. What race are Bert and Ernie tho
Oh shit, Ted Cruz Bout to lose his damn mind
What race is Elmo
SarahSpain 7 and plays guitar. I feel inferior.
Uh oh! Watch out big bird!
Really?, you think grown adult 'brutes' on the streets watch Sesame St?
Isn't the whole point of sesame street that there are no races? Every one is purple and orange and shit.
Ted Cruz is gonna flip out
I see nothing Wong with that
I think this is a wonderful idea and should have been done years ago.
Fox news will call this critical race theory.
I always thought they were raceless
CarrieSweet2017 Has tedcruz seen this?
Damn. Took y’all a minute
What is Ernie then ?
I don’t think Sesame Street’s audience is beating up Asians.
Nobody tell tedcruz
GREAT!!!
Hope she doesn’t bring the Kung flu as a not so wise man once referred to it?
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