Is Elmo black or white?

The joke is poking fun at the debate around the use of the N-word in songs and the tweet has amassed more than 151,000 likes at the time of publishing. Interestingly, however, the original voice of Elmo was Black puppeteer Kevin Clash
Kevin Clash
Early years

Clash was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 17, 1960, the third of four children born to George Clash, a flash welder and handyman, and Gladys Clash, who ran a small daycare center in their two-bedroom, one-bath home in the Turner Station of Dundalk, Maryland.
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who voiced the character for 28 years.
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What was Elmo's original color?

In initial sketches, he was supposed to be magenta-colored but when he first appeared on"Sesame Street," he was orange. Now, he's green — and his color change was explained on the show. Apparently, he went on a trip to a muddy swamp and came back green.
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Is Elmo played by a black man?

Clash has stated that although children ignore him and speak directly to Elmo, black adults tend to be surprised when they meet him. He has stated in interviews that his racial identity was pertinent to his work, and that it came through in his performances.
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What was Elmo's first appearance?

Elmo talks in a falsetto voice and is enthusiastic and cheerful. He was originally designed in 1979 as a generic background monster and first appeared as Elmo on Sesame Street in 1980. He was performed by Kevin Clash until 2012 and is now performed by Ryan Dillon. This particular Elmo puppet was created around 1984.
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What is Elmo's full name?

Elmo, from Sesame Street, does not have a last name.
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elmo being black for 2 minutes straight



Who was the black Muppet?

Recently, as part of the program's “ABCs of Racial Literacy” initiative, it introduced two new Muppet characters—Elijah and Wesley Walker, a Black father and son.
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Is Elmo's puppeteer black?

*Kevin Clash was born on this date in 1960. He is a Black puppeteer. From Baltimore, Maryland, Clash is the distinctive voice for Elmo, the Muppet character.
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Why was Elmo removed from Sesame Street?

Three lawsuits alleging sex abuse by Kevin Clash, the puppeteer who gave Sesame Street's Elmo his voice, were dismissed by a judge who ruled the accusers waited too long to sue.
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Was there a black Muppet on Sesame Street?

Roosevelt Franklin is a Muppet who was featured on the children's television series Sesame Street during the early 1970s. He is purple with shaggy black hair that stands on end. His name is a word play on the name of the late U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, with the first and last names reversed.
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Is the Cookie Monster black?

Cookie Monster is a blue Muppet character on the long-running PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street.
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Who was the first black Muppet on Sesame Street?

(By contrast, Sesame Street's first Black Muppet, Roosevelt Franklin, who appeared on the show from 1970 to 1975, was purple.)
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Is Grover Black Sesame Street?

Grover is a blue Muppet character on the popular PBS/HBO children's television show Sesame Street. Self-described as lovable, cute and furry, he is a blue monster who rarely uses contractions when he speaks or sings. Grover was originally performed by Frank Oz from his earliest appearances.
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What is Elmo's favorite color?

Elmo's favorite color is red, and Grover's favorite color is blue! Red and blue are in so many things we see everyday!
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Are there any white Muppets on Sesame Street?

Sesame Street Introduces 'Todd', A White Male Muppet Who Is Blamed For Everything : r/sesamestreet.
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Who is Elmos dad?

Louie is a loving caregiver to his son, Elmo, and husband to Mae. While Elmo had been a major character on Sesame Street for twenty years, his parents were never seen on the show until 2006.
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Who is the black girl on Sesame Street?

Chantylla "Chauncey" Johnson is a singer who voiced an Anything Muppet girl later named Segi on Sesame Street. She sang "I Love My Hair" and "Change the World," among other appearances through season 45.
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Does Sesame Street have an autistic character?

Meet Julia, an old buddy of Elmo's and the newest friend on Sesame Street. Julia has autism…and she and Elmo share an amazing friendship.
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Is there a Mexican Muppet?

Rosita is a Muppet character on the children's television series Sesame Street. Fluent in both American English and Mexican Spanish, she is the first regular bilingual Muppet on the show. Rosita comes from Mexico and likes to play the guitar.
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Who is the oldest puppet in Sesame Street?

Count von Count. Unquestionably the oldest character on the block, Count von Count first made his appearance in the Season 4 premiere. He has a compulsive love of counting, and will count anything regardless of size, amount, or how much it annoys the people around him.
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Why is Elmo red?

It turns out there are some reasons - backed by science - why kids love him. The first reason has to do with Elmo's garish colouring. While red is a nice enough colour, the reason it turns toddlers into Elmo stans is because it is actually one of the first colours they can see.
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Why do people dislike Elmo?

Too many people look at "Sesame Street," as well as Elmo, from an adult perspective. Elmo speaks in the third person and is very self-centered, therefore he is annoying. He's not Big Bird, who looks at things from the same vantage point that we were seeing the world at the time, which was about 5 or 6 years old.
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