The official Twitter account for Snoopy, the beloved beagle from the late Charles M. Schulz’s “Peanuts” comic strip, posted a tweet Friday showing Charlie Brown and Franklin, a black character from the strip.
The message accompanying the image has Charlie Brown saying, “You’re one of the good ones.”
Always knew Charlie Brown was a bad person bc he makes Snoopy sleep outside but even I didn’t know he was racist pic.twitter.com/KqsuHLweF3
— Tyler Conway (@jtylerconway) February 21, 2020
This immediately sparked outrage on social media forcing the Peanuts account to clarify the post and issue an apology. The statement read:
“Earlier today a tweet from this account, featuring an image of two friends, was misinterpreted. As this was not the intended message of the post, it has been deleted so as not to perpetuate an inaccurate interpretation. The post was meant as a celebration of friendship.”
Earlier today a tweet from this account, featuring an image of two friends, was misinterpreted. As this was not the intended message of the post, it has been deleted so as not to perpetuate an inaccurate interpretation. The post was meant as a celebration of friendship.
— PEANUTS (@Snoopy) February 21, 2020
The Racist tweet has been deleted from the official Peanuts Twitter account, but many many users have shared the controversial image since then.
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