‘The Little Mermaid’ and the Black Princess Test
Into It: A Vulture Podcast with Sam Sanders
The Limits of Diversity
"I just want little black girls black women to have better options in terms of the media we get," she said. "If Eric was like way hotter then like maybe I'd be like well at least she's getting some good dick." She added that an independent film retelling this story where they really made the little mermaid and her world decidedly black is not a film you market to the masses.
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