Good Grief: Now Even 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' Is Racist
It wouldn’t be a holiday in 2018 if liberals weren’t offended by something. This time, liberals were outraged over “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” which is apparently now being deemed racist.
On Wednesday, ABC aired the classic animated Peanuts special “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving,” which sparked the outrage.
The animated special includes a heartwarming scene in which Linus leads a prayer as the head of the table.
Franklin, the only black character in the special, was seated in a comfortable chair on one side of the table by himself while other characters sat on the opposite side.
Since Franklin was sitting on one side of the table by himself, some Twitter users were quick to call racism.
“How come Franklin, Charlie Brown’s only black friend, sits alone on the other side of the table? And in a lawn chair,” one user tweeted.
How come Franklin, Charlie Brown’s only black friend, sits alone on the other side of the table? And in a lawn chair. #franklin #CharlieBrown #CharlieBrownThanksgiving
— Cynthia Haynes (@ChefCynthiaC) November 22, 2018
Another user claimed he would stop watching the annual special until they edit in more characters on Franklin’s side of the table.
Not watching Charlie Brown Thanksgiving anymore, until they sit some people on the same side of the table as Franklin ✊🏾✊🏾
— Vic Damone Jr (@Asharp52) November 22, 2018
One Twitter user even compared the Peanuts special to the horror movie “Get Out.”
Let’s talk about Franklin. Dude gets invited to Charlie Brown’s by Peppermint Patty. Then he finds out that it wasn’t a real invite, a dog is cooking the food and he’s gotta sit by himself at dinner. That’s Get Out. #CharlieBrownThanksgiving
— Terry Turkey Leg Brown™️ (@TBrown_80) November 22, 2018
However, misinformed Twitter users failed to realize that the character’s creator, Charles M. Schulz, added Franklin to the cast as a show against racism.
After the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, a teacher asked Schulz to include a black character to help influence attitudes on race.
Shortly after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a Los Angeles teacher, Harriet Glickman, believed that Peanuts could help influence attitudes on race. Because of her correspondence with Charles Schulz, Franklin was introduced to the cartoon in the summer of 1968.
— SchulzMuseum (@SchulzMuseum) July 31, 2018
As a result of Schulz’s correspondence with the teacher, Franklin was introduced in the summer of 1968, which was a bold stand against racism at the time.
Considering the history of Franklin, it’s doubtful that there were any racist intentions in the Thanksgiving special.
If anything, the seating was made to point out racial division instead of trying to exacerbate it.
It seems this was just another case of liberals being outraged for the sake of it.
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