Having a Black girl express these desires to a global audience matters. This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in “The Little Mermaid.” (Disney via AP) ...

Black kids are more likely to drown while swimming than their white counterparts. Will The Little Mermaid help bridge the gap? (Illustration by Gabrielle A. Smith for Yahoo / photo by Getty Images ...

The Little Mermaid, 2023 (Disney) My daughter sings and dances to all of the songs, bouncing back and forth between her seat, my lap, her mother’s lap and Auntie’s arms.

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 ...

While “The Little Mermaid” has grossed over $259 million domestic, the film was hit with review-bombing overseas that softened its international performance (its worldwide total currently ...

She's a "Black Ariel," Syiah said. Parker said, "I never watched Black Ariel, only the other Ariel." SEE MORE: 'The Little Mermaid' makes box office splash with $95.5M opening ...

Leave it up to Black women to lead a nationwide effort to buy out theaters in support of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” starring Halle Bailey. With Halle serving as Disney’s first Black ...

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” reboot debuted on Friday, May 26, the seventh anniversary of my mother’s death. Even in the afterlife, she might be tired of hearing Ariel and her little friends.

Why the latest "Little Mermaid," played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids. Halle Bailey as Ariel in Disney's live-action "The Little Mermaid." Disney ...

The live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid” stirred strong reaction before production even began on the film, and that has continued since the movie’s debut in theaters last week.