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Disney’s Rumored Casting of Zendaya as Ariel in Live-Action ‘Little Mermaid’ Sparks Racist Backlash

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Outraged “fans” and online petitions insist diversity in films is all well and good—until it comes to the remake of a beloved Disney classic.

Libby Torres
Libby Torres
Zendaya posing in front of a poster of Ariel from The Little Mermaid
Photo illustration by Sarah Rogers/The Daily Beast
Libby Torres

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