A dad believes his daughter was victim of discrimination at Sesame Place -- it wasn't a coincidence what happened. 'He is visibly walking to her and then a split-second change, he sees another kid and goes the opposite direction.' ARobertsCBS reports
and want a meeting with Sea World leaders to develop solutions to eradicate discrimination.
“Fifteen to 20 minutes maybe went by where she didn’t get a high-five and I feel like she was being overlooked a bit,” Fleming said. Fleming says while Olivia described the characters as “mean” for ignoring her that day it wasn’t until friends shared the now-viral social post from a New York mother who alleges her 6-year-old daughter and niece were snubbed that he started to believe this was a pattern, something Olivia also sensed.
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