Freeform just shut down the racist 'Little Mermaid' casting debate that has taken over social media since Disney announced Halle Bailey would play Ariel.
After a history lesson on how not everyone in Denmark is white, Freeform concluded the post by reminding everyone that Ariel is a fiction mermaid who lives underwater, which means that unlike other culturally specific Disney tales, Ariel“The character of Ariel is a work of fiction,” the network wrote.
This is probably the closest we’re going to get as far as official Disney statements go, and we’ll take it. If a black Ariel triggers you, check your white privilege, please. This isn’t about you.
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