When your favourite Disney princess looks like you

Brut India

Grab the tissues ... Here’s how these children reacted to seeing a Black woman portray Ariel in a teaser for the upcoming “The Little Mermaid” live-action film.

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00:00Part of that world

00:06She has good skin like me

00:17Part of that world

00:24I think she's brown

00:28Brown Ariel

00:40What do you think, baby?

00:43She's brown like me

00:45Yeah, she's brown like you, baby

00:48She's a black girl

00:52They made Ariel into a black girl

00:54She has dreads like you and me

00:59She does

01:03She got dreads as well

01:07It's mommy hair

01:15I love it, mommy

01:17Wish I could be

01:22She looks like me

01:25Part of that world

01:32She has good skin like me

01:40Wish I could be

01:43She got lots, Maddie

01:48How do you feel about her being a black woman?

01:51Very powerful

02:02What do you think about the new Little Mermaid?

02:04Good

02:05What?

02:06Good

02:07Why do you think it's good?

02:08Because she's brown like me, I love it

02:10She's black like you, you love it?

02:12That's a little mermaid

02:15Oh, that's a black mermaid

02:18We've got a black mermaid

02:20Oh my god

02:24It's coming out of me

02:26Not from me, now

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