Posted on 11/22/2018 4:30:29 PM PST by Simon Green
Tonight, ABC aired the classic animated Peanuts special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and while many fans tuned in for the warmth of nostalgia to kick off their holiday season, many came away with a less than fuzzy feeling when it came to how one specific character was treated.
The special centers around a somewhat impromptu holiday meal that happens when Peppermint Patty invites herself and several others over to Charlie Brown and Sally's house for Thanksgiving despite the fact that they're preparing to go to their grandmother's for the feast. After a little help from Linus, who convinces Charlie they can have two Thanksgivings, as well as Woodstock and Snoopy who do the cooking, a friends' Thanksgiving is on.
The meal -- buttered toast, pretzel sticks, popcorn, jelly beans, and an ice cream sundae -- is served at a table in the backyard, and while all's well that ends well with everyone ending up invited to Charlie and Sally's grandmother's meal, it's the seating arrangements at this unusual dinner that has some fans on social media heated. Franklin, the one and only black friend in the group, is seated by himself on one side of the table while the other is crowded with the rest of the friends. On top of that, he's sitting in a lawn chair as opposed to everyone else's proper furniture.
It's... not a good look, which viewers were quick to point out. Many felt the scene was in bad taste at a minimum and racist at worse, with most settling into the idea that the special simply hasn't aged well. A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving first aired on November 20, 1973 on CBS where it aired every year until 2000. In 2001, it moved to ABC with the rest of the Peanuts specials and has continued to air annually.
Sick evil people making trouble their minds diseased with race hatred.
Maybe someone mistakenly believed that Franklin was Pigpen.
Y’see who else is sitting alone?! Marcie - the obviously transgender or LGBT kid!
This is all pure nonsense and the special has aged fine. What hasn’t aged well is these snowflake millennials who think they’re enlightened because they got participation trophies for showing up to school with substandard expectations of grade levels.
I am sooooo sick of these degenerates! They ALL have different chairs. Would they prefer he not be invited at all????
Good grief!
Chalk this up to just another case of the 6th-grade mentality deliberately being dumb on the internetz. Have they gotten over "eating" tide pods and proclaiming that the Earth is flat?
Libs get “outraged” daily over the stupidest crap.
Libs destroy everything they touch.....EVERYTHING!!
Now, it’s Charlie Brown’s Thanksgiving.
When is America gonna say “enough” and finally deal with these insane POSs...once and for all?
We should give them “something” to really get “outraged” over.
I never understood Marcie and that “sir” thing.
Also....it looks like the scene, to me, may have been illustrated to make him stand out MORE because he was invited to show better race relations. Consider the time this was produced.
I think I have to stop reading the news.
The scene is right before Linus gives a blessing to God for the food.
YOU HAVEN’T SEEN NOTHING YET! Wait until they want Christmas outlawed because it’s offensive to the Muslim community! The evil out of place Muslims and socialists that just won seats in congress will lead the charge....BANK ON IT!!!! I’ve been saying this for a few years now and it WILL HAPPEN!! Mark it!
Well, they couldn’t have him sitting next to a white girl.
Franklin is however seated between two bowls of popcorn and has several sundaes within reach. The only other character similarly situated is Charlie Brown.
Actually there are three people sitting alone at the table. Franklin is on a side and two individuals at either end. Linus is being discriminated against because of his belief in the Great Pumpkin. And yes the chairs are all different. Some may have come from the house, others the storage shed and Franklin’s from the patio.
Wait just a minute here. Franklin appears to be the only kid who was given silverware. What’s the assumption here, that white people eat with their hands like apes and cavemen, and that blacks eat in a civilized manner? Very racist. Outrageous!
“with most settling into the idea that the special simply hasn’t aged well.”
Yeah, that’s why it’s still shown annually after 45 freaking years.
People concerned about this need to put down the grievance juice and get a life.
The picture in the article was altered. The scene has Lucy sitting on the same side as Franklin. Somebody graphically moved her to the opposite side and claimed racism.
Look at the original.
Stupid libs...
The thought Nazis are working overtime.
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