'The Little Mermaid' star has paid homage to the Black actresses who she watched portray Disney princesses as a child Karwai Tang/WireImage Halle Bailey has thanked the Black women in Disney who came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve heard of the live-action remake of Disney’s The Little Mermaid — and, unfortunately ...

But even before Bailey graced the big screen as Ariel, there were real Black mermaids who dedicated their whole careers to expanding the imagination of Black folks. This is in no way downplaying Halle ...

When Halle Bailey was cast in the live-action remake of “The Little Mermaid,” some critics blasted the decision, proclaiming Princess Ariel could not possibly be Black. Subscribe to read this story ad ...

With the news that Disney was to release a new version of The Little Mermaid with a Black actress in the lead role of Ariel, Cookie Washington decided to stage a show of her own. Her call for Black ...

Mermaids have somehow managed to become the ultimate fantasy contradiction: gorgeous enough to inspire poetry, terrifying enough to make sailors question every life choice they ever made. One minute ...

King Togbe Yedy, one of the heads of the convent of the Temple of Mami Wata, poses in front of an altar at the Temple in Ouidah, Benin, on Jan. 11, 2025. Credit - Marco Longari—AFP/Getty Images In the ...

Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the open. This is most pointedly apparent in the backlash over Disney’s much-anticipated “The ...