One of my Facebook friends posted this seemingly innocent Peanuts picture. My friend said that the character Franklin was on the wrong side of the table sitting in lawn chair. He also noted that even Snoopy had a regular seat. Is this racism or is this ridiculous. I never would have made this leap and frankly I still don’t. Racism is real but this is not it. Share your thoughts.
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In reality, this picture could also be viewd in several different ways. More specifically, each chair appears to be distictively different in design and/or color-with the exception of the two green chairs that are not a matching set, and with the clear outdoor setting, Franklin has the most desired seat. Also, Franklin sitting alone could be interpreted to mean that Franklin is either in charge or either the honoree of the ocassion. I say this because there are two children sitting on opposite ends of what is considered the “Head” of the table. Therefore there can be no real assumption that either of them is in chrage because there is ample room on Franklin’s side where one of them could have sat. Looking beyond the outdoor party, if this was in a corporate Board Room I would assume that Franklin was in charge. But sadly, and in my own personal opinion, there are those of us who have bought totally in on the seeds of racism that have been carefully planted within the black community to make us an therefore inflame us into believing that everybody is out to get the black people, and therefore we need to come out in full force to keep the minority man in office. It’s the truth and we all know it. I’m black and I also know it.
I think that when we interpret events before we ponder them, that interpretation is likely to be framed by our world view. Throughout my career I had the opportunity to serve in leadership positions sitting in the chair that is occupied by Franklin. Therefore, my first thought was that Franklin is in charge.
Who is sitting at the end of the table, is it a female, seated in a somewhat regular chair whose face we cannot see?