Disney Decided Ariel Will Be A WOC And People Are MAD AF
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Disney Decided Ariel Will Be A WOC And People Are MAD AF

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Disney Decided Ariel Will Be A WOC And People Are MAD AF
Amber Aikman

Earlier last week Disney announced that Ariel would be played by Halle Berry in their live-action remake of the fairy tale classic, The Little Mermaid. Originally the character was based on Hans Anderson's story so the Disney princess was portrayed as a caucasian mermaid with fire-red hair. Since it's 2019, Disney decided to switch things up a bit and diversify the character.


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The majority of people on Twitter were as freaking jazzed about this as I am about another Disney princess of color (especially a mermaid), rejoicing in more representation. A lot of fans were so excited, they made incredible art pieces representing the new and improved Disney princess.

Ariel art 1Denzel on Twitter

Ariel art 2https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackAriel?src=hash

black Ariel arthttps://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackAriel?src=hash

While other fans were TRIGGERED. Some bitter fans of the OG animated movie hated the idea of a black woman playing the new role. It brought out a lot of "I'm not racist, but..." fans using the #notmyariel hashtag.

Opinions pt 2tuanrunrun on Twitter


notmyariel@woo_ahhh on Twitter

And, as some people have pointed out, the animated character wasn't 100% realistic, to begin with.

RealityAnjaal Tweet

Moreover, as one user pointed out, Hans Christian Anderson wrote a grossly horrific nightmare of a mermaid to drown his gay sorrows out.

Little Mermaid honestyAbby Elizabeth Beck on Facebook

As my friends pointed out she a mythical creature in a made-up kingdom, who gives a rat's ass if she's dark-skinned?

The most important thing to remember is that Netflix already had a live-action remake of The Little Mermaid with a light-skinned lead and it sucked.

Other movie@xlJaylx on Twitter

At least there's always memes... and Jason Mamoa.


Thread@itsthattbitch on Twitter

Jason Mamoa Memehttps://twitter.com/search?q=not%20my%20ariel&src=tyah

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