Abby hears from a woman who hesitates to tell late husband's family the truth about his behavior, while a reader is vexed by a rude co-worker, and a grandparent is horrified that grandkids are instructed to "be mean" to stepchild.
right. in my heart, i believed that the treatment we received was attributed to the color of oour skin. and that s a heavy burden to carry. and that was a feeling. but what we ve learned through the discovery process is that s not that s no longer a thought. that s a fact. we have former employees and current employees from cedars sinai that are on record speaking directly to the culture of racism at this hospital and how it contributed to kira s death. that day, that afternoon, the hours we advocate for kira, i felt the feeling many african americans feel, and that s feeling invisible, particularly at a time you re so vulnerable. and we have heard from so many not only employees speaking directly to kira s case but employees and patients coming out of the woodwork. so, when we couple that with what s going on on a broader
on television or latin people on television and feeling invisible. so when they asked me to be on this show, i thought, oh my goodness, i can be for kids what i wished someone was there for me when i was a can i d. i have to say to you. i am not going to do that. you literally were one, honestly, i think you might have been the first latina i really saw on a regular basis on tv and i think for a lot of kids. i grew up in a town majority black and brown. so you know for the latina kids, for the black kids, we were not seeing a lot of people of color. we saw you. you were our friend. i want to get your take first just on the fight that we ve seen, we just had an asian-american muppet, a beige american, we had muppets who were black, represented african-americans. all of that has happened on sesame street . what do you make about this
year before. there was a lot of volatility racially. how did this incredible thing get started? this is one of my favorite things about this story. the fact that, yes, it s a movie about sesame street . but it really is a story of this group of performers, writers, educators, who came out of this tumultuous point in our country. the protest against the vietnam were in full stream e steam. the women s movement was starting the civil rights movement was burgeoning. this group got together, we want to make a difference reach under served children. we want to add, it meant so much to me to get on this show. because i was raised in the bronx, watching hours of television. never seeing any puerto ricans on television or latin people on television and feeling invisible. so when they asked me to be on this show, i thought, oh my goodness, i can be for kids what i wished someone was there for
people that look the way they looked. this was the first mixed race cast living in the same neighborhood that was ever shown on tv and it was came to us through the lens of a show for 3 and 4-year-olds, which is quite and i ve go on, sonya. i just want to add that it was meant so much to me to get on the show because i was raised in the bronx watching hours of television, never seeing any puerto ricans on television or any latin people on television and feeling invisible. so when they asked me to be on the show i thought, oh, my goodness, i could be for kids what i wished there was someone there for me when i was a kid. and i have to say to you, and i keep on almost calling you maria, but i m not going to do that. you literally were one honestly, i think you might have been the first latina that i really saw on a regular basis on tv and then i think for a lot of kids and i grew up in a town that was majority black and brown. and so, you know, for the latina