So Halle Bailey got cast as Ariel in the upcoming live action version of The Little Mermaid. (the young Disney channel actress, NOT Halle Berry who some are mistaking her for, though she would have been a good choice too if she was younger) and the usual bigots and trolls starts freaking out because she isn't caucasian.

Not that Ariel is caucasian either--I don't see too many white people with gigantic green fins for legs. At least the ones that aren't hopelessly inbred. In fact, in the original fairy tale, her skin as a mermaid is compared to a rose leaf--which is green.

But this is the same kind of BS we have to go through every time someone DARES to shake up the old conservative ideas of race/gender roles in some media property. Nick Fury, Heimdall, Cinderella, Captain Marvel, High Guardian Spice, She-ra, and a bunch of others. And just like all those other times, the people whining about it have been completely full of shit as their complaints are shown to have nothing to do with the quality of the piece, but their own prejudices and insecurities.

I looked up some clips of Bailey after I read the news, and I'm still not really sure one way or another of her acting chops, but her singing voice is downright angelic, and it's easy to see her in the role. So I'm on board and I wish that production the best of luck