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What is the point of having a Black little mermaid if she's just going to be thrown into a center of a white world? Ariel could not even save a Black dude from the shipwreck, because everyone on ...
Halle Bailey is the star of Disney’s live action version of “The Little Mermaid ... played by a Black person.” Why is this even important? Well, it matters because some white people ...
“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 ...
THE MERMAID OF BLACK CONCH, by Monique Roffey Off the shores ... but for the U.S. Boomer Radicals in Vermont: Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel, “Spent,” is a domestic comedy about ethical ...
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 ...
The decision to cast a Black actress in the role has caused some uproar, with some arguing that Ariel in the original “The Little Mermaid” animated film is white with red hair. But parents of ...
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 ...
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 ...