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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When Sesame Street began there was very little children's programming available. This was long before videotapes.  
I was teaching Title I first graders and remember playing a Sesame Street record to help them learn some things--and the songs were fun.

That has changed.  Sesame Street can continue and I doubt funding will be cut.  But, it needs to go back to its roots--helping kids learn to read and count.  [b]Give the social justice a rest and go back to teaching manners and being considerate to everyone[/b].[/quote]

Have you actually sat down, watched, and (key part here) PAID ATTENTION to recent Sesame Street episodes?  Because they absolutely do still teach letter recognition, counting, etc.  And what you call "the social justice" is, in fact, actually "teaching manners and being considerate to everyone".
I've got 8yo and 4yo DDs, so I've seen my fair share of Sesame Street over most of the past decade, and I watched plenty of it as a child in the early-mid 80s.  Other than the loss of screen time for some of the older characters (less Big Bird, Snuffy, Telly, Bert and Ernie...more Elmo, Abby, etc.), the core messaging and educational foundations are still there.
Having characters of various backgrounds/ethnicities/abilities absolutely teaches young children to be considerate to everyone.  When my older DD started Kindergarten, a little boy in her class was autistic and essentially non-verbal.  My DD made the connection ("he's like Julia!") to a character from Sesame Street who is also autistic.  Inclusion and representation (what I'm assuming you lump in with "social justice") absolutely matters...to all children.
Did you also have an issue with Mister Rogers back in the day, too.  Because talk about social justice...[/quote]

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