Why was Fred Flinstone white?

"The Flintstones" was a cartoon based on "The Honeymooners".

Jackie Gleason/Ralph Kramden was White.

He was drawn that way

Because his parents were white. Of course so was Barney Rubble and Betty and Wilma and Bam Bam and Pebbles. Of course Dino was the weird one. a purple dinosaur? Was he an ancestor of Barney the Dinosaur?

That and The Jetsons were parodies of life in 1950s American suburbs where most people were white.

Because all cave men and women were.

Racism perpetuated by the patriarchal system to keep cartoon characters of color down, …..

In movies around the Fred Flintstone era, almost all the black characters were played by white actors. Same with Native Peoples.

Why? Because racism.

Neandertals were European.