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