Do u think its ok to have a "Black" girl playing the Little Mermaid ? 🐠 🐟

Her name is Halle Bailey, sister of Chloe Bailey from the tv show Grownish. Now I'm gonna be honest with you people here. As a person of color, I felt like she should have turned this role down. Why ? Because The Little Mermaid just so happens to be, White. Just like Black Lightning, is actually Black. He is a comic book character. But anyway, this is just a good example of politics. That ugly evil thing that is used to divide and conquer people. What do you think ?
Should there be a Black girl playing the Little Mermaid. They could have just made an original version of a mermaid film so that is wouldn't cause so much friction for certain people. Right. You tell me. I'm listening.
Best answer wins. ☺️ 🐟

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SomeMichGuy · M

I've never met a mermaid, but I don't know what to think.

The mermaid of the story is just that, a story character of a made-up race. To me, that's different from a real character; e.g., the ahistorical notion of having a black person play Alexander Hamilton.

But is the point that having a white Othello doesn't make sense? Or an African Mu Lan? Or Indian Brothers Grimm? Or a Confederate Lincoln? Or a truthful Trump?