airplanemechanic
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Apparently in one scene the only black kid is across the table from the whites in a junky chair.
'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' accused of racism over seating of Franklin
What they fail to understand was that back in 1973 when this came out it was practically UNHEARD OF to have any black people in cartoons so the maker of "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" was actually bucking the system to include the one.
Schulz, who passed away in 2000, reportedly demanded a black character be added to the Charlie Brown cast in 1968 following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Schulz was inspired to do so after receiving a letter from a teacher named Harriet Glickman.
'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' accused of racism over seating of Franklin
What they fail to understand was that back in 1973 when this came out it was practically UNHEARD OF to have any black people in cartoons so the maker of "Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" was actually bucking the system to include the one.
Schulz, who passed away in 2000, reportedly demanded a black character be added to the Charlie Brown cast in 1968 following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Schulz was inspired to do so after receiving a letter from a teacher named Harriet Glickman.
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