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# The radical politics of Peanuts
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/02/the_radical_politics_of_peanuts/
- Published: 2015-02-13T22:40:50.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T16:30:02.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: comics, Politics, racism

![Franklin's second appearance in Peanuts](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2015/02/12131449_f1024.jpg?resize=960%2C194 "12131449_f1024.jpg")

What happened [when *Peanuts* introduced a black kid](http://hubpages.com/hub/How-The-Peanuts-Comic-Strip-Got-Its-First-Black-Character?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)?

> I remember telling Larry at the time about Franklin—he wanted me to change it, and we talked about it for a long while on the phone, and I finally sighed and said, “Well, Larry, let’s put it this way: Either you print it just the way I draw it or I quit. How’s that?”

A fascinating story of how one woman persuaded Charles Schultz to add a black kid to the classic comic series, that shows how much difference even a small artistic stand can have on starting to reshape cultures.

What would today’s equivalent be?

\[via [Kottke](http://kottke.org/15/02/how-peanuts-got-its-first-black-character?ref=onemanandhisblog.com)\]