Disney Defends Decision to Cast Halle Bailey in Upcoming “The Little Mermaid” Film - Inside the Magic

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  1. Min Kwon

    I’m Korean and have nothing to do with racist discussion. BUT it just concerns me that Disney has a white handsome prince in their mind..

    The whole little mermaid seems to really gonna turn into a racist film if white gorgeous man is casted. As being not a part of your black&white world, the story that black mermaid loves and admire human because of WHITE prince and will eventually leave her family and sell her voice to be next to him..
    sounds like a such a racist film. I suggest it will be more enlightning to:
    1. Why not have an ugly prince? Why does he have to be white?
    2. Why does mermaid have to have the upper body as human? She might have a fish face and hot slim legs.

    Without these kind of effort and just by ruining the original image of princes Ariel and having all the stereotype left within the it doen’t seem fair to ones who love the original Ariel.

    1. Chandra Racer

      Disney princesses have always been iconic to little kids and they are screwing this up. Ariel is a fairy tale and by changing who she is Disney is changing the whole story. It’s not right. It wouldn’t be right for them to cast Tiana as a white girl SERIOUSLY DISNEY it messes with the story why??? What is next with Disney … a man will decide to be in the sequel and become the little mermaid???? This crap has gotten out of hand!!

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