Why are racists and anti-wokeists now offended over a black woman playing "Ariel" in the little mermaid movie?

I’ve always been amused when people are "offended" by people of color playing fictional characters after an entire cinematic history of white actors using dark makeup to portray people of color—historical figures—who actually lived. 😳

Because the character is white and should be played a white person. Wanting accuracy isn't racist or bad. Not wanting white characters needlessly replaced/stolen isn't racist or bad. Let a white person play a black character and watch people lose their shit. The people who control Hollywood do shit like that on purpose. They could easily create new characters for black people but steal white characters instead for spite. Let black people have their own characters instead of stealing white characters. The left screeches about cultural appropriation but supports it when it comes to white people.

Yeaaaah

Except Disney's former depiction of the Little Mermaid, and Anderson's original story, weren't "African and indigenious folklores."

Nothing makes a racist more uncomfortable than realizing they are becoming a minority. This is why they cheered the "Get woke, go broke" mantra at first. But now that they realize the "go broke" part isn't happening and that going woke is actually turning out profitable for companies they are getting jealous that they are no longer getting catered to. And they realize, deep down, that they aren't getting catered to because they don't have the numbers. And so then they turn around and get really loud about it to make themselves look bigger than they are, like a wild animal puffing itself up to intimidate a foe.

Bc changing an already existing character's skin colour is just virtue signalling and not representation

I think its a little immature and closed minded to label differing opinions over something like this as just "racist" and pretend to have a moral high ground against anyone who disgrees

When Annabeth in the Percy Jackson movie casted Alexandra Daddario, a white girl, as Annabeth
People complained she inaccurately had black hair, when in the books she was supposed to be blonde

And when they announced the Percy Jackson series, Annabeth was casted as Leah Jeffries, a black girl, and now when people complain it's inaccurate, it's only because they're racist

If a white person was casted on a black character people would complain but that's just completely different i guess

Because Ariel is a white character. It's not like it's a new story with a black mermaid.
Also, it's the double standards. White characters are regularly race-swapped, but this pretty much never happens to non-white characters. If that did happen, the media would admit it's racist.

I didn't see this uproar when white characters played everyone in the live action version of "The Last Airbender", even though the original characters were clearly not white. What happened to "keeping to the original" then? The fact is that these are just racists who might not even be aware of their own bias. White is the "norm" to them, and it's so shocking to see that being switched out. Besides, I don't know why they care so much, when this is a children's story. Something they would never even care to watch if there was no controversy. Have you seen the compilation videos of little black girls watching this? The excitement in their eyes for being represented? These racists can't realize that white people have had this representation for so long that it doesn't even seem special to them anymore.

I give Disney a lot of shit but they got it right on this one since it helped expose some people for who they really are.

Cause the character has always been white. Nobody is bothered by the fact that they made a black Spider-Man cause Peter Parker and Miles Morales are different characters

Yeah make a new movie/animation about them instead of messing with an already established character

In the future all animated shows wiill have a digital option to chose the race of the main character. People can pick what they want to see. Provlem solved.

Is a black Hamlet OK?

Woke?
Tokenism?
Hamlet is archetypical and has no race?
Hamlet is obviously a white dude, this is all ruined?

Papaa Essiedu @ RSC.

My brain hurts thinking about this.

democrats just showed the world how racist and hypocritical they are.
and they got the hide to get on the internet and label others racist..lolz
#icky brown ppl get off marthas vineyard.

_virtue signalling dems SANCTUARY cities...

I dont understand it at all and I think its stupid. All people...even ones of the same races and ethnicities come in all different shades and all Beautiful. I think Halle Bailey was a good choice myself.

I’m mixed black, but maybe it’s because the little mermaid is part of European folk tradition and lore not African lore. I understand why they don’t like it.

I think the reason is mostly just because Disney is super insincere about it because they were recently called out last year on unfairly paying their female workers less than the male workers, and among other issues. So people are primarily just mad at how hypocritical Disney is by trying to use peoples races and genders as brownie points // controversial points to attract more news and attention rather than actually trying to be inclusive.

There is no reason except the obvious one....there are real mermaids🤔

Anyway haters are ALWAYS gonna hate

Another box office dud for a movie that did not need to be remade

I could personally care less.

They would say they just cast a black woman to appease the woke, she’s not really the best woman for the role, she’s actually a crappy actress. They’re picking crappy actors and actresses and making crappy movies just to shove their social agenda down our throats. That’s what they would say.

😂 ..... I had no idea anyone was offended.

Mermaids are fictional. Ariel is fictional. If people are angry about the pigmentation of a fictional cartoon then act accordingly. Cancel the peedo network/disney subscription

The new Nickelodeon TMNT movie did the same thing with April except she "acts" like a black girl now.

Ariel is going to be a white washed black girl. Might as well just keep her white.

It doesn't matter if it's the 1920's, or the 2020's. There always has been, and will always be something to offend somebody. It's an undeniable fact.

Do I have to burn my Santana Abraxas album because there is a naked black woman on it?

{@peaceandnamaste] 🤷‍♂️well there is no problem really unless you are a small minded bigot of course

Why not create it's own story and character , though? Wouldn't that be better?

Half of these people complaining about it are going to see the movie anyway.

Oh, at least they moved away from the rings of power or the new game of thrones series

Idk, it's not like the original disapears or anything.

This story is a year old.

In fact, I didn't know that.

I could care less about fictional characters/creatures, people are going to reboot stories over and over anyway, rather than come up with anything genuinely new / original

i think i pirated the wrong movie 🤔