A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
At the end, when they are seated for their Thanksgiving feast, why is Franklin (the lone African-American) seated on one side of the table all alone? All of the white kids and Snoopy are on one side, and he’s on the other. In a broken lawn chair, no less. The cartoon was made in 1973, well after the time of separate facilities for blacks and whites.
Last night when we watched it, I thought it was just a funny thing. But now it’s really starting to bother me. It’s bad enough he never gets any lines, but now this. Seriously, what is up?