‘Sesame Street’ Debuts Ji-Young, First Asian American Muppet

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Ji-Young is Korean American and has two passions: rocking out on her electric guitar and skateboarding.

What’s in a name? Well, for Ji-Young, the newest muppet resident of “Sesame Street,” her name is a sign she was meant to live there.

Ernie, a muppet from the popular children's series"Sesame Street," appears with new character Ji-Young, the first Asian American muppet, on the set of the long-running children's program in New York. “So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise. And Young means, like, brave or courageous and strong,” Ji-Young explained during a recent interview.

Sesame Workshop established two task forces — one to look at its content and another to look at its own diversity. What developed was Coming Together, a multi-year initiative addressing how to talk to children about race, ethnicity and culture. “Being an upstander means you point out things that are wrong or something that someone does or says that is based on their negative attitude towards the person because of the color of their skin or the language they speak or where they’re from,” Stallings said. “We want our audience to understand they can be upstanders.”

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