Chief among their complaints? That there was no way a Black woman could ever be a mermaid. “I talk about mermaids and teach about mermaids, but anything that I’m writing about or teaching ...

When I was growing up in the 1990s, the Black ... us "Little Mermaid' comforter sets and light-up sneakers, and we obsessed over Ariel. We wanted to be her, even though with her white skin and ...

I was introduced to one version of a mermaid ... the black teenage actress and singer Halle Bailey (of Chloe x Halle fame) in the title role for “The Little Mermaid,” and the flood of white ...

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 ...

Weeks before its highly anticipated premiere, cast posters and a trailer for The Little Mermaid live-action film ... has attracted controversy: Bailey, a Black woman, was a victim of racist ...

“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 ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When Disney announced that the singer and actress Halle Bailey was chosen to ...

When Halle Bailey was cast in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” some critics blasted the decision, proclaiming Princess Ariel could not possibly be Black. But one professor ...

celebrates the melanated mermaid and all things Black. The newest addition to the Disney Cruise Line fleet set sail in 2022. The cruise’s shows, onboard activities and design honor Black ...

Monique Roffey is one of the Caribbean’s most versatile authors, whose novels, including “Archipelago” and “The White Woman ... “The Mermaid of Black Conch.” It came to her in a ...