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) ...

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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.

Organizations such as Win with Black Women are encouraging Black women entrepreneurs to buy out at least 100 theaters this weekend. Halle Bailey as Ariel in 'The Little Mermaid.' Disney ...

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 ...

The Black ‘Little Mermaid’ Makes Huge Splash At The Box Office With $117.5M Debut Disney’s The Little Mermaid made a huge impression in its Memorial Day domestic box office debut.

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 message was received by the little girls. “I like to see any type of Black person on Disney or Netflix because Black people just entertain a lot of people,” said Karly Dauphine.

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 ...

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This “born, bred and Bahamian” marine ecologist, a real-life Black “Little Mermaid,” is on a mission to protect the ocean and the waters that raised her.

When these girls see a Black mermaid, they see themselves. "Sometimes I feel like a mermaid when I’m swimming," Sidney said. "I go really deep down into the pool." Ariel isn’t just for kids.