A Kick In The Teeth! Podcast E66: The Little Mermaid Is Black, And What About It? (Patreon)

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Links:

Where have all the Disney villains gone? https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/5/19/23715887/disney-villains-little-mermaid-ursula-jafar-scar-frozen-ii

Halle Bailey Opens Up About ‘The Little Mermaid’ Racist Backlash: “As a Black Person, You Just Expect It:”https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/little-mermaid-halle-bailey-racist-backlash-casting-1235332110/

The racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictable:https://www.vox.com/culture/23357114/the-little-mermaid-racist-backlash-lotr-rings-of-power-diversity-controversy

Little Mermaid’s racist critics pollute magical undersea world with bigotry:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/sep/17/little-mermaid-racist-critics-backlash

Analysis: A definitive rebuttal to every racist ‘Little Mermaid’ argument: https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/17/entertainment/little-mermaid-racist-backlash-halle-bailey-disney-cec/index.html