Emilio Delgado's character Luis made Latino kids feel 'seen, accepted, and sunny'

Fans remember Emilio Delgado, the veteran 'Sesame Street' actor who held the record for the longest-running Mexican American role on a TV series.

, “RIP you proud Chicano, consummate entertainer & sweet man. ... He & Sonia Manzano made Latin-American kids feel seen, accepted, and sunny.”American Poet Erika Sánchez. “Sesame Street was how I learned to speak English. That show has always been ahead of the times. I love that my daughter watches it now.”tweeted“Thank you, Emilio, for your patience, for your kindness and for introducing me to the power of both education and television,” Mount said.

“These were ethnic slurs, they’re stereotypes of people,” he said later. “Not the way people really are, my people really are.” “I don’t remember ever reading for any kind of a positive character. The only roles that I could find were gang members or drug addicts,” Delgado said in the documentarywhich featured many of the show’s prominent characters and visionaries.

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