I’m old enough to remember the first “Little Mermaid” from back in ’89 and to know that Disney princesses were historically white women.

Ariel the Little Mermaid is part of your … historically inaccurate … world. “The Little Mermaid” is being criticized by a prominent diversity advocate for its erasure of slavery in the ...

In Anderson’s version, the Little Mermaid (who doesn’t even get an actual name in the original story) gives up her mermaid identity in order to snag the prince — but gets rebuffed by the guy ...

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 ...

Local residents, Black and White, objected to the mermaid’s imprisonment, demanding that the druggist liberate her. Surely it was her captive condition that prompted all the rain.

The Black mermaid does not eradicate the love we had for the white one. Red haired Ariel still swims in our collective imaginations. The ocean is big with room for all kinds of merfolks.

Black Ariel casting choice for new ‘Little Mermaid’ inspires fan art depicting Halle Bailey in role. Fans who are thrilled at seeing the Chloe x Halle star set to play the title role in the ...