According to the small print in the copyright, it was published in 1976. This strip might have still made some people uneasy. But today we don’t think much about girls and boys playing sports together and even less about white and black kids playing on the same teams.
You don’t see this in Schultz’s earlier work, but he evolved with the times.
Sports was one of the first places to break down race barriers. I also contend rock and roll had its place too. I remember the outrage of white kids dancing to black music!
According to the small print in the copyright, it was published in 1976. This strip might have still made some people uneasy. But today we don’t think much about girls and boys playing sports together and even less about white and black kids playing on the same teams.
You don’t see this in Schultz’s earlier work, but he evolved with the times.
Sports was one of the first places to break down race barriers. I also contend rock and roll had its place too. I remember the outrage of white kids dancing to black music!