Sesame Place in Philadelphia has responded to a video, showing an employee in a Sesame character costume seemingly ignore two small Black girls during a parade.

The is under fire after the video emerged on Instagram, showing the two girls waiting along the side of the parade as a person in a costume of another character, Rosita, makes their way down. 

Before reaching the girls, the character gives out high-fives to another small child and an adult, but then ignores the two young black girls.

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Sesame Place has now issued an apology, saying its employees will undergo more training following the backlash.

“The costumes our performers wear sometimes make it difficult to see at lower levels and sometimes our performers miss hug requests from guests.”

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Sesame Place went on to say that it had invited the family back for a personal meet-and-greet opportunity with the characters. 

Read the full statement here