Sesame Street children's television program is controversial?

November 10, 3:06 PMUnschooling ExaminerSara McGrath

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I thought everyone liked Sesame Street, the PBS children's educational television show. However, Adam Baldwin at Big Hollywood states that within the show's "visually intoxicating muppetry, . . . there lurks highly controversial political messages designed to promote multiculturalism and global citizenship" (BigHollywood.breitbart.com, Nov 3, 2009). That's a bad thing?

Multiculturalism
Mr. Baldwin points out that we are all different, not the same as suggested by the Sesame Street song, We All Sing the Same Song (YouTube). I interpreted the song to mean that we all have the same human feelings regardless of how we look or where we live. Mr. Baldwin responded to the song with an Orwell quote: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."

Globalism
Mr. Baldwin says that Sesame Street teaches anti-American values, which include multiculturalism,  globalism, and social justice (equality and human rights). Globalism is a trend toward unified world organizations, i.e, United Nations. I can't say that I've ever heard world government mentioned by the monsters at Sesame Street.

Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?

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