Is 'A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving' Racist?
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- Some critics recently branded the classic TV special as racist, because during the Thanksgiving dinner, the one black character Franklin sits by himself and is the only one who has to sit on a lawn chair. Real fam, what are your thoughts?
"some people so woke they need to take a nap" hahaha that is sooo true. If you so damn woke then do the damn work stop talking about how woke you are.
Yo, when I heard that from Loni, I busted out laughing!
but he was seating alone what's UP WITH THAT ?
@@yaqui707 The whole scenario is that everyone was supposed to be uncomfortable because Charlie Brown was forced to have a Thanksgiving he didn't plan for...
Charles Schulz also had to fight the newspapers that ran his syndicated comic strip, they did not want a black kid in the comic strip. He told them if Franklin was not included, Schulz would drop their newspapers completely and that, of course, would hurt the publishers bottom line, so they gave in to his demands.
jackie floyd yess!!!!!!
Bad Cattitude wtf does that even mean..
People are so sensitive and intolerant, the're many important issues we should be talking about.
@@a.harrisxo Of course. When its actual racism.
It doesn't help when social media and main media is making it that big of a deal even if it's not really. Some should be taken seriously but most are just insensitive nitpickers who have no life but to attack people for nothing.
Racism is a important thing too talk about and so if someone said the N word too use or makes a joke about black People we are sensitive shut up
can't argue with that!!
@@shaynasearria1172 lol you can’t even speak proper grammar, lol get a life sensitive bitch
sometimes things are not that deep I'm glad she told the story though
I am so over everybody trying to make everything racist.
@Hol M Get shot walking down the street (i wonder why)
get police called for blowing they nose (i wonder why)
get kicked out of food places (i wonder why)
police enter their home and shoot them for no reason (i wonder why)
@abc123 actually everyone faces racism and discrimination of some kind in there lives to an extent, you can't dictate that because of the pigmentation of someone's skin. That's judging before getting to know.
Tierra Richardson Tell that to racist, white Americans
Fr it looks bad on us as a race
abc123 say it louder for ppl in the back boo
My problem with this is Charlie Brown been around for how many years? Has been watched on how many holidays faithfully? Now there's a problem now it's racist? Come on mane🙄😒
Period girl I grew up watching Charlie Brown, and my mom had the comics too.....just as many black folks loved Charlie brown as white folks etc etc. It was a family thing. The ones who so concerned with it are the racist ones. Lawdy... 🙄
Ur really pretty👑
Exactly. People doing too much. This should not have been an issue.
@Aniya Raine, Millennials are those that were in junior high and high school when the millennium changed over to the 2000s. We were actually originally called generation Y, but for some reason that was changed. You are referring to Gen Z. That is the generation that is currently in college/ recently graduated and they are the ones creating this ignorance. Please stop referring to these idiots as Millennials. They aren't. They are Gen Z.
Welcome to 2018, people think everything is racist nowadays.
i wanna give a hats off to the camera man for giving tam her space. she was edited out a lot probably because she would be tearful a lot and people are gonna comment.
Why, what was going on with her?
If I was Tamera I would have taken more time off. I can't imagine sitting there forcing myself to contribute to some foolish topic knowing my niece was just gunned down like an animal. God bless her.
I understand that, however, this is probably taking her mind off of it.
It's been over 2 weeks? How long would be okay with you? She feels ready to get back to her job.
My-Ava Journey people greive differently but I think the producers wanted her back as well.Your only allowed a certain amount of time off depending on how immediate the family member is
Gurl it's been two weeks! Also from my understanding that isn't her blood niece. That is Adam's side of the family.
I understand your concerns but it is her job
"Some people so woke, they need a nap" LOOL
Indraparadise 😂😂😂😂💀I know I die!
I'm not bothered but whateva ...nice to have you back Tam
Loni came through with the history
I honestly thought they would encourage these racism accusations on this show, but they instead pointed out valid reasons why it's not racist and how people should stop claiming random stuff as racist. I am so satisfied!
First of all... who would’ve thought sitting in a RELAXING leaned back lawn chair equals racism or discrimination?!?! The moment we start to nitpick at every little thing and see the negative in it is the moment i realize that we as country are getting sensitive and can’t even make something , write something , he’ll even breathe without offending somebody ! It’s getting ridiculous
Your comment was 2 years ago from today. Yet the comment seems even more relevant today. From the future, let me tell you, you are a prophet. It is even worse today.
This clip just reminds me of why understanding the context of a situation is so important.
We are becoming too sensitive in our nation. Not everything is bad. I love all races and to think this is racist is silly
Shut up
We?
@abc123 ummm, racism is a definition, not a skin color. Look it up, anyone can comment
Gurl stfukup PLEASE!!
Its franklin's birthday that's why he was sitting by himself in the comic.
I love Franklin. I love Charlie Brown and the Peanuts Gang.
In the episode he was not sitting by himself. He and I can't recall who else was sitting on the same side of the table.
4daluvofnikki the dog
Come thru Miss Loni Love with the history 💯👏🏾let em know
B.S. With a little emotion anyone can sound like they know what they are talking about, and Loni is a prime example. When she is not interrupting the other girls, or trying to be funny at THE MOST inappropriate time she is pretending that she knows everything. She was reading from a prompter and I find it interesting that they not once showed the actual controversial picture of Franklin sitting alone on one side of the table.
None of these things are by chance. The truth is, Franklin was originally characterized as Peppermint Patty’s Friend because the public did not want him at school with the “white” kids. He sat on the side of the table by himself because she could not look comfortable and friendly with any of the “white” girls. I really try to like Loni, but she disappoints me every time it is time to get “REAL”!
Talk about reading WAAAAAY to much into something. It ain't that deep.
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"some people so woke, they need to take a nap" 😂😂😂👏👏👏🙌🙌🙌🙌
Y'all are about 2 years late.
Doesn’t matter.
How did you know?!
I am seriously getting sick of everything being seen as racist.
Why do people make something out of nothing smh
@abc123 I'm definitely black and this is ridiculous but we can agree to disagree be blessed
abc123 please shut up and go take your damn nap
abc123 I said what I meant. Now u coming for black folks too when views don’t align with yours. We don’t need your ilk in this conversation, let the stable people handle this. We ask white people to admit racism when they see it but not have opinions when there’s nothing there? You need a nap and some milk too. Night night.
I heard on the radio that Franklin was created by Charles Schultz after MLK was assassinated in 1968. Does anyone know which reason is correct?
I’m a black female as you can see from my photo, lol. But I love Charlie Brown thanksgiving, everything peanuts and I’m from Mississippi I say this to say that when I was little I only saw a cartoon that showed love and that was funny. God knows stuff like this people trying to start stuff it’s just smoke trying to make something out of nothing.
Why is Everything about race #enough
@abc123 its not an issue. It's a tool used to divide ppl.
@abc123 not quite. Racism is an allusion. It's just propaganda for liberals to brainwash blacks and other minorities to hate white folks so they can vote democrat😂
Welp thats white people did this mess
@nakesha Skerritt-philip racism is so bad that racist white folks put minorities on a TV show on a white network 😂😂😂
@@jonnydavis6066 Fake News Comment
Oh good grief it’s a cartoon
Franklin was the cutest
I agree and the funniest. Trevor Noah even talked about this (comics and show) several months ago on his Daily Show.
@City Dweller True
Thank you Loni for explaining about the special cause I always thought he had a hand in them for some reason. I never saw it as racist I just wondered why there weren’t people sitting on that side of the table with him. And where is pig pen??
They should have posted the entire segment on Charlie Brown yesterday instead of a smaller clip. The comments were calling Loni out for defending Racism and she wasn't. I was going to comment on this yesterday saying that not everything is racist, but I am glad they posted this version of the video and people can see for themselves this wasn't racist at all. If people actually watched the Thanksgiving special (which I did). Just as Loni said all the chairs are different and Franklin chose that chair himself he wasn't told to take that chair. In fact Charlie Brown wasn't expecting all of those people to come to his house. Peppermint Patty invited herself, Franklin and I forget the other little girls' name to Charlie's house.
Marcie is her name.
Dezerae James Thanks
I love the character Charlie Brown, always will.
As a Charlie Brown viewer during the holidays growing up, I was not even open to the title of this video. Charlie and his friends kept me entertained while dinner was in the oven, period.
Thank you for clearing it up Loni! I heard it and was dismayed but hadn't looked into it! I LOVE "Charlie Brown" and did not want this to be a fact. I will say I'd love to see a Black little girl with curls and braids and Everytime they showed her she'd have a different hair style!!
Ruth 3: 5. "I will do whatever you say," Ruth answered."
That comment made from Adrienne was so unnecessary 🙄 probably mad because they didn’t check with “Maria” for a puertorican character.
??? Loni always make a 'Jamal the intern' joke about issues (like how people need to check with Jamal the intern if something would be seen as racist), Adrienne was just referencing the character Loni always joke about
I loved Franklin, and I didn't know his last name was Armstrong. Mr. Schulz!!! hats off to you! Growing up in the 80s it was nice to see a black person in a cartoon. The young kids are not woke, half of them are ignorant and didn't grow up in a time, where you didn't see a black cartoon character.
I never even noticed this before the microscope folks brought it out.
I've grown up watching this Charlie Brown special for YEARS (and I still do) and I don't make an issue over it....
Because there is nothing to make an issue about.
thats so true Adrianne.. people need to be careful on throwing the words like racist, sexist & such to preserve the real value of those words
Good Lort..... this is ignorance. I grew up with Charlie Brown. Mr. Chultz was a good man,come on now. Amen to what Loni said....some people so "woke" they need to take a nap...
This is ridiculous .people making something out of nothing . really don't think it was racist and even if it was this. Was made in the 1960s people dont think that same like they did back then and the fact that they wanted to introduce a black character is nice and shows you they were trying to be inclusive
Franklin got the best seat. Across from his best friend Charlie Brown. When your with your friends, who do you want to sit across from you so you can chat face to face. Your best friend.
Stop looking for things to be offended about.
@abc123 Just because this person isn't black, doesn't mean they're not in a marginalized group lol. She makes a good point, as does Loni. You gotta calm down.
Thank you, Jason. I agree. Just because you aren’t black doesn’t mean you don’t ever face discrimination. People are discriminated against all the time. It doesn’t have to be for your skin color. It can be for your gender, your religion, the list goes on. Oh but I forgot. I’m white so I’m automatically “privileged”. The people who think this way are the real racists.
Abc123 “white privilege” is just a way to tell those who aren’t black to shut up and that they aren’t allowed to have an opinion because they aren’t part of the group. It’s just a way to silence others simply because of their skin color. This is why I say the whole white privilege thing is the very definition of racism. Go tell all the white people who are living in poverty and struggling everyday to survive that they’re privileged because they’re white. It probably won’t go over too well.
I loved this peanuts cartoon I watched this holiday special as a child as a black woman i don't think it's racist at all!
All of a sudden it's racist. ? Lol why wasn't it racist years before ? People try to turn everything into a racist thing. They've been airing this episode for years now and all of a sudden it's racist lol oh God.
suhey 90114 I agree but it like high schools having to read huckleberry fin now people realize that book had all that racist stuff with n word this n word that.
I freaking love Charlie Brown thanksgiving & Christmas! (I even have the xmas tree 😂😂) Growing up I only spoke spanish so I would watch cartoons & try to learn English from them & I loved Franklin, it made me so happy to see someone my same color & Linus is my other favorite because he was like the baby of the crew & im the baby out of all my mama kids. But I still till this day watch those movies!
When it comes to character creation, whether the creator admits it or not, every character is inspired by someone who existed in the creator's life. The creator is immortalizing these people in his/her work. I say this because, I've had people ask me to create a certain type of characters in my own story. I always decline because, this story is MY world, and to conjure up a new character of background, and try to restructure my plot line because it pleases you and the audience, is going way to far.
Actually, Charles Schulz was involved in the TV special. It was at his insistence that the Bible scripture Linus read about the true meaning of Christmas at the end be included. He did not want to make the special without it.
There were more chairs next to the lawn chair but no one else came to fill the spots. They didn't even force Franklin to sit in the lawn chair, he just chose a seat automatically.
People are looking for offense. Charlie Brown and Charles Schultz (R.I.P.) were not racist. Who's next they're going to target, Garfield? Stop being so triggered. It's just a damn cartoon show. SMH!
I love how loni is always educating people
Franklin met Charlie Brown on the beach in the comic strip Franklin was introduced. Perhaps the chair was a beach chair as a special nod to their meeting? Also, Franklin and Charlie Brown discussed how Charlie was not good at anything. Thus, Franklin’s chair breaking may have been meant to be a lovingly illustration of how similar or close the two are. It’s not the only special chair in that scene also. Is there a Charlie Brown expert out there? That’s the other problem with canceling everything. Did we learn anything in this TV show segment? Do these actors care about Charlie Brown or the truth?
Franklin is the coolest dude on the peanuts anyway 🤗
Fun fact! Franklin got his last name from Jump Start creator Robb Armstrong. The characters needed last names for a cartoon special, so should reached out and asked for Armstrong's blessing.
There's two things you can count on during a family holiday dinner: there's gonna be a "kids" table, and there arent enough chairs and people will be sitting on beach chairs, and folding chairs.
Linus was in one too.
Anything can be racist if you have hatred in your heart and squint your eyes enough.
I love Charlie Brown cartoons! And he is part of my childhood! Dont ruin it for me please!
Everyone is trying to stretch everything in make it racist and or sexist. Charlie Brown has been around for YEARS and we watch it every year, but now all of a sudden we trying to say it’s a racist film?! Nope not having it. Like Loni said some people are so woke they need to take a nap, because that’s just ridiculous.
When snoopy gathered all the chairs, there were chairs all around the table. But when the kids say down to eat, some chairs were missing and everyone were sitting on the same side away from Franklin. Yep, Pig pen should have been there. Don't forget, Lucy wasn't there either.
Who were the other two? Because at this time, Stan Lee had already created Black Panther, Gabe Jones, Goliath (Bill Foster), and was a year away from creating The Falcon.
A charlie brown thanksgiving is a very beautiful classic. I think our colored brothers are being too sensitive. No Asian was invited to the dinner and as a matter if fact no Asian character in d series and we Asians never complained.
...but has anyone asked that in the 60's during a time when a comic strip is made about a group of children, why wasn't a Black child included in the first place? That's not a bad question to ask, but it begs the bigger question that a lot of times, these types of prejudices are so ingrained in our culture, that we are clapping when a Black child is included and not shocked that one wasn't included in the first place. It is sad to say but institutionalized racism and bias and prejudice and plain overlooking is indeed involved and especially during that time. Star Trek included a Black character from the jump. They were brave...
My grandma is always love and always will be watching Charlie Brown
Marcie wasn't sitting with the group either.
this is so stupid. First off he invites franklin. Then he meets him at the door and welcomes him with a cool handshake. What kind of crap is this accusation. This is just weird thought by weirdo's trying to create something from nothing. Big deal if he is sitting by himself. If one of the girls sat by herself that would be predudice against girls. IF snoopy was by himself that would be animal abuse. I am sick of this crap
Just wow. You girls are awesome. REAL is so much better than the View. Loni Love....so beautiful and articulate. Just amazing.
LINUS WAS ALSO SITTING BY HIMSELF!
Preach! It's not racist! You tell them! 👏👏👏
The real complaint about that TV special was that Franklin was sitting alone at the table, while everyone else was sitting on the other side. The networks were responsible for that - not Charles Schultz.
I know we've all agreed that there's nothing racist in the sitting arrangement but like why are we ignoring themail fact that they deliberately put Franklin alone on his side of the table. That's not sth that typically happena in cartoons unless there's a reason in the story why a character is being isolated. Sure Charles schulz isn't racist but we can't truly rule out that atleast someone in the animating crew was discriminative.
ok loni that’s so true 💜💜💜 the last part lol
That anyone is legitimately offended by Charlie Brown brings a sparkle to my eye.
I like the scene in one of these Charlie Brown holiday specials, where Frieda tells Pig Pen, he's an 'absolute mess' and that he's dulling her 'naturally curly hair.' And Pig Pen looks in the mirror and says, 'I didn't know I looked THAT good.' I didn't know anything about this racist point of view about Franklin. But. When I think of the Charlie Brown crew, I only remember the names of Charlie Brown, Sally, Lucy, Linus, Peppermint Patty, Schroeder, Snoopy, Woodstock, Pig Pen, and Franklin. If I remembered the name of the black kid and not the others, he was well represented.
I grew up watching Charlie Brown movie specials. They aren't racist!! Does somebody watch every classic cartoons just to see if there are other races in it? Stop picking on Charlie Brown cartoons!!!!!
I think it has something to with a composition. Imagine if he was sitting on a firm living room chair. You can't see the character on the left and the left side of the table because he covers them.
I'm not surprised Adrienne's asking for people to stop "throwing" the word racist around. She was part of a group that discriminated against the only dark skinned member. She benefits from racism and colorism.
Nah--CALL out these racists when you see them and if you see them! But, thank you, Loni for the history lesson.
Wow!!!! "The View" should take a lesson from this very intelligent group!!!!
Thank you , you awesome Ladies! 😘
Thanks for clearing that up because my mom loved the charlie brown movies and she would always watch them . I knew they weren't racist because as a black child my mom would never have turned them on if they were.
Sounds like rajesh on big bang theory. If he was on the couch and someone walked in the room his character knew to automatically sit on the floor. Although the show is better about that in later seasons.
Baby its cold outside is being banned, Huffington post thinks rudolph children show is problematic, there was another christmas song that was said to be racist or something I can't remember. Soon we won't be able to have anything.
IT WASN'T RACIST AT ALL!
I'm so sad that the classic I watched every yr as a child has been banished to Apple TV. 20/20 is almost over!
Is Charlie Brown a racist cartoon? IDGAF!!! A cartoon from 1815?? Seriously?!?! People too damn woke for real, thank you Loni.
me and my parents thought this was weird too. i mean come
on they all sat at the other end of the table and then franklin got the bad chair
Who would not want a whole side of the table to themselves?I mean come on.. People are so ridiculous
Honestly it would have been funnier if Charlie Brown had been in the chair because that thing breaks but for that joke to work you need the chair in the foreground. Regardless Franklin being included over characters who had been around longer speaks more about inclusion then a lot of shows that are out now. Jokes aside because remember the Peanuts were a comedy at it core Franklin being there is a win.
2:04 He looks like he's terrified in a hospital bed and they look like they're about to remove a body part...🤨
It would have been nice if they actually showed the actual picture that some are calling racist. Franklin is indeed sitting alone, and before anyone says anything, it was not his birthday. It is Thanksgiving. Oh and by the way, Loni gets on my nerves.
Love these ladies, always telling the truth, always being REAL :)
46 years ago and people are FUCKING MAD
And by the way, it doesn't end with children's programming. They're now saying that arithmetic and grammar are also racist.
If it was racist Charlie Brown would not have invited him to Thanksgiving.
Is a bunch of over opinionated women sitting around a table even valid?
The point is that Franklin WAS AT THE TABLE not serving the meal
Im glad they said it. Sum ppl so woke, they need to take a nap!!
JustMe Drea stfu ugly
Franklin greeted Charlie Brown with a jive handshake.
“Is A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving racist?”
I’ll field this one: NO.
Indeed, the lack of Pigpen makes this a classist cartoon.
People accusing this cartoon of racism don’t realize that Schultz had to fight to get a black character into the comics and cartoons.
The irony that we did the musical in middle school and i was in 7th grade and i was casted as Franklin because i’m a black, boy, and my real name is Franklin 😂
With racism being such a major problem and mess in America, it's hard to differentiate equality and racism. Just one racist experience can traumatize a person. When that's left untreated there's choas.
I'm not trying to be mean but its just something I have been seeing on this show. Every show, Adrienne would interrupt the girls when they are trying to put their own saying into the conversation and she wouldn't allow the others to finish what they are saying before she says something but when she is saying something over the other girls; she would raise her voice even louder just to be heard. I really hate that and its not only her but its sometimes the other girls. They all need to give each the chance to say what is on their minds because if one person is interrupt the other while they are trying to give their own opinion into the matter, it just looks messing. I want to hear everyone's opinions in the time frame that show has. I don't need to see Adrienne interrupt another lady just to give her own opinion. I love Adrienne and I would love to hear hers too but she needs to wait until the other ladies finish. This show is a place to give your own opinion on topics you feel strongly about or not but this show is not a debate, when one person is trying to defend their facts but the other side is jumping in and interrupting what the other side is saying. This is a talk show, so come on let everyone in the world or on set hear what everyone else is saying because their show is timed, so let us hear everyone's opinion in that time frame because when the show is over on tv, I feel empty inside and wondering what the others girls wanted to say because I want to hear all, not just one. Its to much, thats all but I'm not here to drag anyone on the show. I'm just stating something I have been seeing.