During the recent D23 convention in Anaheim, the Walt Disney Company released a teaser trailer for the upcoming live-action remake of its classic animated film “The Little Mermaid.” In it ...

News that singer Halle Bailey has been tapped to play Ariel in Disney’s live-action reboot of The Little Mermaid has inspired a wave of fan art from people excited about the casting choice ...

Meanwhile, on TikTok, videos of young Black kids are going viral as they realize that the new mermaid looks like them. Bailey’s version of “The Little Mermaid” hits theaters on May 26, 2023 ...

Cynics and racists have been dumping all over Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” since the 2019 announcement that a Black girl, Halle Bailey, would play the iconic princess Ariel in its latest ...

When Ariel first splashed onto movie theater screens nationwide nearly 30 years ago, the heroine of Disney’s animated film “The Little Mermaid” had a distinctive look. Enormous blue eyes ...

While “The Little Mermaid” has grossed over $259 million domestic, ... Let this generation have a Black Ariel. Let them be the generation that can foster and break this cycle of racism.

But that hasn’t stemmed the tide of outrage over the movie studio’s audacity to cast a Black woman, actress Halle Bailey, as Ariel. Detractors are so upset over the move that they have even ...

The Little Mermaid, 2023 (Disney)“Last thing, and then I’ll put this to rest,” I said, “You know Morgan Freeman is still alive, and James Earl Jones is putting in work, and my favorite ...

Inspired by the videos of Black girls reacting to the “Little Mermaid” teaser, she decided to make her own. Her daughters Rylie, 2, and McKenzie, 4, smiled as they watched the first few ...

Which brings me to Ariel, the heroine of a 1989 animated Disney film, “The Little Mermaid” based on the 1837 Hans Christian Anderson story of the same name.