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<p>Imagine being a full grown adult and getting mad that a kids&#39; movie isn&#39;t being cast the way you want. You&#39;d have to be insane, right? Or just <a href="https://www.someecards.com/life/lifestyle/clapbacks-at-racists/" target="_blank">insanely racist</a>. And the controversy surrounding Disney&#39;s upcoming remake of &quot;The Little Mermaid&quot; is exactly that.</p><p>Disney just announced that Halle Bailey of the singing group Chloe x Halle will play Ariel in a live-action remake of &quot;The Little Mermaid.&quot;</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Just Announced: Halle Bailey has been cast in the upcoming live-action reimagining of The Little Mermaid. <a href="https://t.co/GAUydbkfMV">pic.twitter.com/GAUydbkfMV</a></p>&mdash; Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) <a href="https://twitter.com/DisneyStudios/status/1146515303922143232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>I mean, have you ever in your life seen someone who looks more like a live-action version of a Disney Princess??</p><p>She&#39;s also Beyonc&eacute;&#39;s proteg&eacute;e and has been hard at work on her singing career since she was a child, so she&#39;s clearly got the goods.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BzeAQCcgwQu/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="13" style=" background:#FFF; 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margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chloexhalle/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> chloe x halle</a> (@chloexhalle) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2019-07-03T20:56:45+00:00">Jul 3, 2019 at 1:56pm PDT</time></p></div></blockquote></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Still, some people are whining because Halle is Black and the cartoon version of Ariel from 1989 was white-skinned with red hair (and a green tail, because she&#39;s a mermaid, and mermaids aren&#39;t real and do not belong to any one specific race).</p><oembed>https://twitter.com/GerardMannequin/status/1146517705601748992</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Trolls are attempting to mask their racism with statements like &quot;she doesn&#39;t look physically like Ariel,&quot; which, again, is insane because <em>Ariel is not a real person you guys. She is a half-fish-half-girl who someone drew in a picture once. </em></p><h2>Oh, and, small detail: white people get cast as actual people of color &mdash; not fantasy figures who were once drawn as white, but actual people &mdash; all the time.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">for YEARS white people have played Indians, Egyptians and historic black figures in movies &amp; television<br><br>but a black girl playing a FICTIONAL MERMAID is what y’all have a problem with? tf outta here<br><br>let me give you some examples</p>&mdash; Alex Thomas-Smith (@AlexThomasSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexThomasSmith/status/1146703603782037504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Suddenly all of Twitter has opinions on what mermaids are supposed to look like.</span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FilmTwitter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FilmTwitter</a>, arguing about what a mermaid should look like. <a href="https://t.co/oF7D1VF6wL">pic.twitter.com/oF7D1VF6wL</a></p>&mdash; Harris Dang (@FilmMomatic) <a href="https://twitter.com/FilmMomatic/status/1146677234230411264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Yes, grown adults are arguing that mermaids need to look a certain way.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It’s funny seeing all these people about Ariel being black, just wait until they find out that mermaids aren’t real</p>&mdash; Callum 🤙 (@CJAGranger) <a href="https://twitter.com/CJAGranger/status/1146681317926551552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>But Twitter is having a field day roasting all the racists who can&#39;t handle a Black person playing a mermaid.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Not sure if it’s anatomically possible for a mermaid, but if Disney could have the live-action Ariel in the “The Little Mermaid” kneel during the national anthem, I’m pretty sure all the most annoying people in America will spontaneously combust.</p>&mdash; Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) <a href="https://twitter.com/RexHuppke/status/1146664278293921793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Some are arguing that it&#39;s unlikely Ariel would&#39;ve survived in her climate as a ginger in the first place.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Fact box: the Little Mermaid lives on a TROPICAL CORAL REEF with a calypso-singing lobster with a strong Jamaican accent. When you think about it, it&#39;s bizarre she was white the first time around.</p>&mdash; Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) <a href="https://twitter.com/caitlinmoran/status/1146678730481381378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Others point out that if we want to be &quot;historically accurate&quot; about what mermaids would&#39;ve looked like, the answer is... not cute.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If we&#39;re going down that route, she probably would have developed a thick layer of blubber too to keep warm, and would have giant creepy seal-eyes to be able to see down there.</p>&mdash; Rhiannon ✨ (@GoodnightSkye) <a href="https://twitter.com/GoodnightSkye/status/1146685277261508608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>I mean, it&#39;s science:</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Erm sorry but it&#39;s not true to the REAL little mermaid unless she&#39;s grey, covered in fangs, has a light dangling off her forehead and eventually absorbs the much smaller prince eric into her body until only the tiny, wasted testes remain</p>&mdash; ǝıʇɐʞ (@supermathskid) <a href="https://twitter.com/supermathskid/status/1146682419078213633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>So the 1989 version of Ariel was a massive, <em>massive</em> stretch to begin with &mdash; not only because she was thin and beige and red-haired humanlike, but also because, oh my god why are we arguing about this mermaids aren&#39;t real.</p><h2>The point, of course, is that any talented actress can play Ariel, regardless of race.</h2><oembed>https://twitter.com/dolansxteeth/status/1146714721048915969</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>And not-that-talented white actors have been playing roles intended for people of color for eons.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tiana, Mulan and Moana&#39;s race are integral to contextualizing their stories and struggles. Ariel&#39;s, on the other hand, as a MERMAID, is not. She could literally be played by anyone and it wouldn&#39;t impact her story.</p>&mdash; jihyo gahol (@notbismarkymark) <a href="https://twitter.com/notbismarkymark/status/1146734698275594240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2><span style="font-family: BlinkMacSystemFont, -apple-system, &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, &quot;Fira Sans&quot;, &quot;Droid Sans&quot;, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.1rem; letter-spacing: -0.01em;">Facts are facts: white people don&#39;t have a monopoly on mermaid stories.</span></h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">On the black mermaid drama. I have been told stories about mermaids as child. By my grand-mother &amp; mother, let’s be clear I have never imagined them white until the little mermaid movie. Mermaids stories have existed in the African folklore for millennia.</p>&mdash; Guilaine Kinouani (@KGuilaine) <a href="https://twitter.com/KGuilaine/status/1146711677381021697?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>In fact, it&#39;s quite the opposite.</h2><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Mermaid folklorist chiming in:<br>1. This is bloody excellent!<br>2. Mermaids (sing it with me) aren’t white: Mami Wata from West Africa and Yawkyawks from Australia predate Ariel.<br>3. The oldest ‘western’ mermaid was Syrian, her name was Atargatis.<br>4. Mermaids are human constructs! <a href="https://t.co/qtz8NZeZVb">https://t.co/qtz8NZeZVb</a></p>&mdash; Sacha Coward (@sacha_coward) <a href="https://twitter.com/sacha_coward/status/1146671220248711168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>But one thing&#39;s for sure: the casting suggestion below is actually kind of inspired.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">it’s not too late to cast LINDSAY LOHAN as Sebastian <a href="https://t.co/m9r992UGzL">pic.twitter.com/m9r992UGzL</a></p>&mdash; not lindsay lohan (@drugproblem) <a href="https://twitter.com/drugproblem/status/1146519113382035456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 3, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Disney's new 'Little Mermaid' is Halle Bailey. Racists are throwing a fit but the internet has her back.

Imagine being a full grown adult and getting mad that a kids&#39; movie isn&#39;t being cast the way you want. You&#39;d have to be insane, right? Or just insanely racist. And the controversy surrounding Disney&#39;s upcoming remake of &quot;The Little Mermaid&quot; is exactly that.Disney just announced that Halle Bailey of the singing group Chloe x Halle will play Ariel in a live-action remake of &quot;The Little Mermaid.&quot;Just Announced: Halle Bailey has been cast in the upcoming live-action reimagining of The Little Mermaid. pic.twitter.com/GAUydbkfMV&mdash; Walt Disney Studios (@DisneyStudios) July 3, 2019 I mean, have you ever in your life seen someone who looks more like a live-action version of a Disney Princess??She&#39;s also Beyonc&eacute;&#39;s proteg&eacute;e and has been hard at work on her singing career since she was a child, so she&#39;s clearly got the goods.         View this post on Instagram           dream come true... 🧜🏽‍♀️🌊 #thelittlemermaid A post shared by  chloe x halle (@chloexhalle) on Jul 3, 2019 at 1:56pm PDTStill, some people are whining because Halle is Black and the cartoon version of Ariel from 1989 was white-skinned with red hair (and a green tail, because she&#39;s a mermaid, and mermaids aren&#39;t real and do not belong to any one specific race).https://twitter.com/GerardMannequin/status/1146517705601748992Trolls are attempting to mask their racism with statements like &quot;she doesn&#39;t look physically like Ariel,&quot; which, again, is insane because Ariel is not a real person you guys. She is a half-fish-half-girl who someone drew in a picture once. Oh, and, small detail: white people get cast as actual people of color &mdash; not fantasy figures who were once drawn as white, but actual people &mdash; all the time.for YEARS white people have played Indians, Egyptians and historic black figures in movies &amp; televisionbut a black girl playing a FICTIONAL MERMAID is what y’all have a problem with? tf outta herelet me give you some examples&mdash; Alex Thomas-Smith (@AlexThomasSmith) July 4, 2019 Suddenly all of Twitter has opinions on what mermaids are supposed to look like.#FilmTwitter, arguing about what a mermaid should look like. pic.twitter.com/oF7D1VF6wL&mdash; Harris Dang (@FilmMomatic) July 4, 2019 Yes, grown adults are arguing that mermaids need to look a certain way.It’s funny seeing all these people about Ariel being black, just wait until they find out that mermaids aren’t real&mdash; Callum 🤙 (@CJAGranger) July 4, 2019 But Twitter is having a field day roasting all the racists who can&#39;t handle a Black person playing a mermaid.Not sure if it’s anatomically possible for a mermaid, but if Disney could have the live-action Ariel in the “The Little Mermaid” kneel during the national anthem, I’m pretty sure all the most annoying people in America will spontaneously combust.&mdash; Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) July 4, 2019 Some are arguing that it&#39;s unlikely Ariel would&#39;ve survived in her climate as a ginger in the first place.Fact box: the Little Mermaid lives on a TROPICAL CORAL REEF with a calypso-singing lobster with a strong Jamaican accent. When you think about it, it&#39;s bizarre she was white the first time around.&mdash; Caitlin Moran (@caitlinmoran) July 4, 2019 Others point out that if we want to be &quot;historically accurate&quot; about what mermaids would&#39;ve looked like, the answer is... not cute.If we&#39;re going down that route, she probably would have developed a thick layer of blubber too to keep warm, and would have giant creepy seal-eyes to be able to see down there.&mdash; Rhiannon ✨ (@GoodnightSkye) July 4, 2019 I mean, it&#39;s science:Erm sorry but it&#39;s not true to the REAL little mermaid unless she&#39;s grey, covered in fangs, has a light dangling off her forehead and eventually absorbs the much smaller prince eric into her body until only the tiny, wasted testes remain&mdash; ǝıʇɐʞ (@supermathskid) July 4, 2019 So the 1989 version of Ariel was a massive, massive stretch to begin with &mdash; not only because she was thin and beige and red-haired humanlike, but also because, oh my god why are we arguing about this mermaids aren&#39;t real.The point, of course, is that any talented actress can play Ariel, regardless of race.https://twitter.com/dolansxteeth/status/1146714721048915969And not-that-talented white actors have been playing roles intended for people of color for eons.Tiana, Mulan and Moana&#39;s race are integral to contextualizing their stories and struggles. Ariel&#39;s, on the other hand, as a MERMAID, is not. She could literally be played by anyone and it wouldn&#39;t impact her story.&mdash; jihyo gahol (@notbismarkymark) July 4, 2019 Facts are facts: white people don&#39;t have a monopoly on mermaid stories.On the black mermaid drama. I have been told stories about mermaids as child. By my grand-mother &amp; mother, let’s be clear I have never imagined them white until the little mermaid movie. Mermaids stories have existed in the African folklore for millennia.&mdash; Guilaine Kinouani (@KGuilaine) July 4, 2019 In fact, it&#39;s quite the opposite.Mermaid folklorist chiming in:1. This is bloody excellent!2. Mermaids (sing it with me) aren’t white: Mami Wata from West Africa and Yawkyawks from Australia predate Ariel.3. The oldest ‘western’ mermaid was Syrian, her name was Atargatis.4. Mermaids are human constructs! https://t.co/qtz8NZeZVb&mdash; Sacha Coward (@sacha_coward) July 4, 2019 But one thing&#39;s for sure: the casting suggestion below is actually kind of inspired.it’s not too late to cast LINDSAY LOHAN as Sebastian pic.twitter.com/m9r992UGzL&mdash; not lindsay lohan (@drugproblem) July 3, 2019 

Imagine being a full grown adult and getting mad that a kids&#39; movie isn&#39;t being cast the way you want. You&#39;d have to be insane, right? Or just insanely racist. And the controversy surrounding Disney&#39;s upcoming remake of...