![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() If white girls hadn’t loved Moana, they would surely have been accused of racism, so is there really any way to win?Īriel is white with blue eyes. While getting worked up over who plays a fictional mermaid doesn’t seem like the best use of anyone’s time, there does seem to be a hint of hypocrisy about it all, considering that the PC police accused young white girls of “cultural appropriation” merely for dressing up as the Polynesian Moana for Halloween not long ago. Some couldn’t contain their delight that black girls would “see themselves” in the new Ariel, while others argued that casting Bailey was the “ laziest way” to promote diversity and possibly even amounted to “ cultural appropriation” given the story’s Danish origins and the fact that Ariel’s grandfather is Poseidon of Greek mythology. The real “original” was of course a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, published in 1836 - and in that, Ariel is described as having skin as “clear and delicate as a rose petal” with “eyes as blue as the deepest sea” - so interpret that as you will. So is everyone forgetting that the little mermaid is Danish? Or that Ariel's grandfather is Poseidon?Neither Danish nor Greek girls look like Halle!!! You are really quick to point out cultural appropriation but why not now? #NotMyAriel- jojojojo July 4, 2019
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