Tiana is the first animated Disney Princess. She’s the star of The Princess & The Frog, and her voice is provided by Tony Award winning and Dreamgirls actress, Anika Noni Rose. Nice!
For the first time in Walt Disney animation history, the fairest of them all is black. Tianna hits theaters in time for Christmas.
Do you like the look of Tiana? That’s awesome! Long overdue!
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[...] 4. TIANA IS DISNEY’S FIRST BLACK ANIMATED PRINCESS [...]
As a black woman I must say that I am very disappointed with and deeply offended by Disney’s new “black” princess. The quotation marks because she does not look “black.” Since when are slightly cocoa women with ideal caucasian features “black?” Racist Disney does not want to acknowledge the true ethnic appearance of a black woman. Where are her big, thick lips and wooly hair? Why is she dressed all up like some kind of rich white girl? How come her true ethnic background is not acknowledged? Where is her leopard-print mini-dress and gaudy jewelry? Hell, why isn’t she a true, lovely African princess wearing a grass skirt, garish facepaint and a big plate in her lip? How come she does not live in a mud hut and eat bugs? And her man!!?? Where is his black skin? What is Disney trying to tell my young daughters? That a black man isn’t who she should be with? Why is he WHITE!? I WILL NOT allow my daughters to see this film.
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