'Sesame Street' debuts its 1st Filipino-American muppet

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'Sesame Street' debuts its 1st Filipino-American muppet
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TJ is described by the show creators as 'a second generation Filipino-American boy, and a proud kuya (older brother) to his baby sister.'

with Ji-Young, Grover and guest star Kal Penn. The group discusses the meaning of confidence as Grover shows off his ability to jump over the Sesame Street sign while riding a unicycle and balancing a stack of books.

TJ shares how he is learning to speak Tagalog with his grandparents, who live on the ground floor of his family’s building. In the character description, TJ also loves to help his grandparents in their garden and is "so proud" when he gets to speak Tagalog to his extended family that comes to visit from California.

Rosemary Espina Palacios, Sesame Workshop's director of talent outreach, inclusion and content development, also shared about the new character on Instagram, noting how she personally felt that the topic of confidence could help "unravel the model minority stereotype."

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