Disney Princesses

As I was thinking about this discussion regarding Disney and racism, I was trying to recall all of the Disney princesses. They recently came out with the new movie "Princess and the Frog" where the main character was a black princess named Tiana. I remember thinking when this movie came out that there were no other princesses who weren't white (except maybe Jasmine or Pocahontas) and I couldn't believe that it had taken Disney this long to come out with a movie featuring an African American princess. It seems that Disney has gone from these stereotypical movies (Peter Pan, Song of the South etc.) to showing racially diverse main characters. I would love to see Disney make more culturally diverse movies because I think just one movie with an African American main character is not enough. I know many kids that loved Princess and the Frog even though they were white, and I think more movies with diversity would benefit Disney in the future.

Laura Kalinowski Post #23