I’m just saying that if a white person can’t be cast as Aladdin or Jasmine, why can a black person be cast as Ariel? In both stories the race of the main character affects the plot, political ...

In the 1989 animation, Ariel’s animal friends expose Vanessa – but not this time. I nervously hoped that Ariel would be given agency and I was not disappointed. It is Ariel who runs back to the ...

In The Little Mermaid, audiences finally get to see Ariel in all her powerful, adventurous glory.