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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

When I was growing up in the 1990s, the Black girls in my neighborhood had VHS watch parties featuring "The Little Mermaid." We persuaded our parents to buy us "Little Mermaid' comforter sets and ...

When Disney announced that the singer and actress Halle Bailey was chosen to play Ariel in the upcoming live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, I was uncharacteristically ecstatic.With her ...

Disney has had only one prominent Black princess. A new version of “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey is changing that, much to the delight of Black children and their parents.