I am an ESL teacher living in a foreign country. Although Sesame St. concentrates on teaching anti-racism, it is an American Show; I was quite surprised to turn on my TV one morning to hear Grover and Elmo teaching in the Korean language. Sesame St. should be in English as it originated in America and the language of America is English. If it was just an entertainment program (like The Simpson's, Bugs Bunny, or The Smurfs) it would be fine for the characters to be speaking the local language, but it is designed to teach language, and specifically English. It seems to me that when a foreign program is used to teach the local language it undermines the society. I think, in having Grover and Elmo teach in Korean, it sends a message that Korean culture and people are somehow inferior to Americans.
Then when these kids grow up they feel that somehow they aren't good enough and they need to have surgery to make themselves look more white/American so they can be "beautiful". Korean culture is great and the people are beautiful. They do not need cosmetic surgery to become beautiful.
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