Ariel the Little Mermaid is part of your … historically inaccurate … world. “The Little Mermaid” is being criticized by a prominent diversity advocate for its erasure of slavery in the ...

Seeing little Black girls in red wigs and mermaid dresses snapped me out of my thoughts. It made me think about the first time I saw "Do the Right Thing." That feeling you get when you realize ...

While Bailey has received criticism over being cast in “The Little Mermaid,” Washington was fighting her own racial battles as a Black woman in the scientific sector. “Black people in these ...

After “The Little Mermaid,” Disney continued to find success with its animated film musicals, often with Ashman and Menken employing Black musical traditions. The Genie in Disney’s 1992 hit ...

Precious Avery remembers just how rare it was to see Black characters on television growing up, so she started recording as her 3-year-old, Emery, absorbed the trailer for the new “Little ...

Boston Globe culture columnist Jeneé Osterheldt shares her personal connection to the new live-action adaptation of “The Little Mermaid.” My mama never knew what it meant to be a Black girl.

As a biracial (half Black, half white) American, I don’t fit into either camp when it comes to the “Little Mermaid” debate. Halle looks like me, but she’s Black. I could chime in with some ...

"The Little Mermaid" is more than just a Disney character for many Black girls. Mermaid dolls, check. Matching shirts, check. On Friday, four Kansas City girls — Aminah and Syiah Muhammad ...

When I was growing up in the 1990s, the Black girls in my neighborhood had VHS watch parties featuring "The Little Mermaid." We persuaded our parents to buy us "Little Mermaid' comforter sets and ...