THE RACIST RESPONSE TO LITTLE MERMAID

THE RACIST RESPONSE TO LITTLE MERMAID

The new trailer for The live-action remake of The Little Mermaid has already garnered more than a hundred million views, but it's also attracting criticism from some trolls online. Dr. Hallie Bailey stars as Ariel in Disney's new film, and she doesn't look anything like the cartoon character with red hair from the original 1989 classic. The trailer has received 1.5 million dislikes on YouTube, compared to the 1 million likes it drew overall. Then there are the ugly racist tweets: The Little Mermaid is white, not black; really people, we're doing this all over again? She doesn't look anything like they do; they have tails, but she doesn't, and she has red hair – which isn't in the original cartoon at all. How can anyone know that she's a mermaid once again? These Internet racists are upset that a fictional character is being played by a black person – and they have no reason to be angry! You guys realize that Nemo was black too, right? That whole movie was about a fish who couldn't find his dad – so I can safely say that I'm down with calm people now.

This is so ridiculous first of all of course the little mermaid is black all right everyone whose name starts with little is black Lil Wayne Lil Nas X Little Kim honestly if you heard that there was a woman named Little Mermaid you just assume that she's on a track with cardi B you know with my wet ass flippers so look so look stop being ridiculous it's imaginary you know I hope this Scandal doesn't overshadow the rest of the movie The Little Mermaid is a beautiful story about a young woman changing her core identity to please a man let's not forget about that people all right you know every time one of these like internet outrage things happens about which character is being played by whom and people get angry I would get it if people had good faith arguments but you can tell that people are just using these moments to disguise a discriminatory ideal and like and like you know a racism that they hold or something you know it's like it's your thing you know people are going to act like oh no The Little Mermaid I'm here because I'm a little mermaid a purist I uh and come up with all these answers they'd be like you know you look at the history of The Little Mermaid I'm sorry the history of the little you mean the imagination of The Little Mermaid ah yeah very I mean if you look at it yeah if you if you were a fan you would have known that Disney have long created black mermaids like they did this they spin off all their movies they've had tons of them they're like a black mermaid she did sign language used to be a cartoon when we were kids people don't care about it they're like it's never it's never happens it's just look here's the thing it's not about race it's just about realism I'm sorry what and then it's ironic that they try and use representation as the arguments the other way around you know so they will say it's it's not about representation you shouldn't who cares who plays the role all that matters is the best person gets the job it's like have you heard Harry Bailey sing have you heard her sing you you're gonna be the best person like who do you think they got for you think Disney is just out there in the street like you come let's go you think they play games like that it is the best person for the job you angry about who the best person was that's what you're angry about and it's like no but but the little mermaid she means so and I I don't deny that I don't deny that it must have been amazing for any red-haired little girl to see The Little Mermaid it must have been amazing it's a beautiful experience but the movie's still there it's not gone you can't not watch it it hasn't been burned it is still there you can still watch it and you can enjoy it I do all the time it's not going anymore it's like you get so angry but what about the little girls with red hair who want who want what see themselves in what a Disney cartoon like like are you being serious right now you you have the princess and brave she was redhead remember her right you have um you have Anna from from Frozen right you have um little kid from up remember like pulls off the helmets and like the hair does a thing it's the cutest thing ah remember that red hair there's tons tons of other characters there are more redhead Disney like stars like women who are stars in the in the franchise than black women but now you're going to make it seem like it's and it's not like one should be against the other there's no need you have The Little Mermaid it's fun now you've got Harry playing the real version of it that's that's fun don't make it about realism though it's because it's under the sea there's a crab there's a crab that is gonna talk and you're worried about this element people are like well I just I just think it should be the whole thing and then and then I love when people go oh yeah so if you don't care then how would you feel if the Black Panther was played by a white guy I'm like well the difference here is the Black Panther Blackness is Central to the character's identity like literally literally you know what I mean it's like literally that is the whole point of the thing and by the way if you're going to bring a white guy who's going to be like vibranium bring him I want to see that guy break just for fun just bring that guy just for the fun of it let's see what happens well there are many people who haven't seen themselves on screen you're going to get angry you're gonna get angry because now somebody who's in a wheelchair is playing this role you're going to get angry because somebody who's black is now playing that role you're gonna be it's the original is still there there are many parts that are still out there it's not like there is nothing left it's like there's one movie in the world and there's one story and this is the only way you can tell it there are many calm down or at the very least the very least should get them to meet with Ursula and she'd take their voices away.