FILE - An exhibitor shows Sesame Street toys at their booth during the annual New York Toy Fair, on February 20, 2018, in New York. (EDUARDO MUNOZ ALVAREZ/AFP via Getty Images)“Sesame Street" has always pressed for inclusion.
Now in the wake of the national reckoning on race, it's going further — teaching children to stand up against racism.Sesame Workshop — the nonprofit, educational organization behind “Sesame Street” — will later this month air the half-hour anti-racist special "The Power of We” and hopes families will watch together.The special defines racism for younger viewers and shows how it can be hurtful.