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Racism and the live-action Little Mermaid
12022-05-13T20:57:50-07:00Mark C. Marino82e88cf89eeb02b94655b66cf941328b5c035777393869plain2022-05-13T21:34:14-07:00Mark C. Marino82e88cf89eeb02b94655b66cf941328b5c035777When Disney announced they would be casting actress Halle Bailey in 2019 for the live-action adaptation of The Little Mermaid, social media erupted at the casting of a black woman to play Ariel.
Rather than accepting a talented actress, the hostile response by many in the Twitterverse revealed the role race plays in the original animated film. Apparently, for Ariel to be part of some viewer's world, she needed to be white (Fernández 2020).
Here are a few Tweets from that uproar.
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1media/#notmymermaid_thumb.png2022-05-03T19:45:14-07:00#notmymermaid4Racist Tweet reacting to the casting of Halle Bailey in Disney's forthcoming live action "The Little Mermaid"media/#notmymermaid.pngplain2022-05-11T10:40:28-07:00
1media/#notmymermaid2_thumb.png2022-05-03T19:46:06-07:00#notmymermaid23Another Tweet featuring a response to casting Halle Bailey as "The Little Mermaid"media/#notmymermaid2.pngplain2022-05-11T10:41:22-07:00
1media/Halle_Bailey_performing_Baby_Girl_live,_December_2020_thumb.png2022-05-13T21:19:23-07:00Halle Bailey1Bailey performing Baby Girl live, December 2020 via Wikipediamedia/Halle_Bailey_performing_Baby_Girl_live,_December_2020.pngplain2022-05-13T21:19:24-07:00