In it, Halle Bailey, playing the movie’s star mermaid ... Black live-action Disney princess. But the trailer also sparked anger and dismay among fans who felt that Ariel was written to be a ...

“No white man wants Black people to have power and unity because every single time they try to break Black people down, we come back every single time harder than we did before.” Afro Mermaid ...

Singer-actress Halle Bailey has been selected to play Ariel in Disney's live-action version on "The Little Mermaid ... beloved redheaded, white cartoon character with a black live-action ...

Just look at the sweet reactions of young Black ... Mermaid,” it isn’t the first, only, or universally definitive work. No one owns the concept of mermaids or what they look like. A White ...

For a pop of color, this black-and-white small mermaid tattoo has a bright shock of blue in her hair. This pastel mermaid tail is colored light purple and pink with blue star and bubble accents ...

The “mermaid expert” at the University ... who had been portrayed as white in the original film, would be played by a black actress in the 2023 remake. The actress addressed the pushback ...

Ariel’s character is White, with straight red hair. But as Murphy and other young Black and brown girls head to theaters this weekend to see “The Little Mermaid,” they’ll find an Ariel ...

It's also one of the few Disney movies where a young black girl is the hero of the story. In the 1989 animated classic, the lead character Ariel the mermaid is white with long red hair.

She founded Afro Mermaid in 2019 to create space for melanated merfolk to be their authentic selves as they navigate a mostly-white industry and stereotypes like “Black people can’t swim ...