Why has it taken Disney so long to create a black Disney Princess?!
Question: The main six are: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, and Jasmine. Mulan and Pocahontas have also been included as princesses.
Disney announced that a new Princess would be added: Princess Tiana, from their 2009 animated feature The Princess and the Frog, will become the first African American princess to join the ranks of Disney Princesses.
Answers: The main six are: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, and Jasmine. Mulan and Pocahontas have also been included as princesses.
Disney announced that a new Princess would be added: Princess Tiana, from their 2009 animated feature The Princess and the Frog, will become the first African American princess to join the ranks of Disney Princesses.
I'm surprised they're even doing one. The poster above me makes some good points. Although Disney has no qualms about disney princesses from other parts of the world--Asia, the Middle East; creating a black princess especially if the story took place in the US would cause great controversy when it comes to getting the movie to appeal to white audiences, at least in Disney's eyes.
As far as why they decided to do one now, I don't think they're doing it because its time as much as Disney is desperate. I've heard Disney really needs this movie to do well which means as much as they want to approach this movie with the greatest sensitivity, as they say the ultimate goal is money. Which would explain why Tiana's love interest is white rather than giving her a prince of her same race like all the other princesses have.
probably because the company is in the white region..its natural that where you live you adopt that look into your characters
but now with this I suppose the company is spreading
also most of the characters are fairy tales already written to have white skin
even if they are not africans their are dark colored girls like jasmine..
The stories the disney movies are made after are largely based on european folk tales, germanic or russian in origin. They are largely watered down and "safe" compared to the original versions which still make interesting reading. That is, at least in my mind, why the princesses so far have been pale skinned. I think now that America is becoming a more global-minded country, that we may see some more ethnic tales coming to the screen (and hopefully energize disney, ending the sad trend of boring sequels to classics).
Well they had to get her over to the United States from Africa and make sure she was released from slavery and given her mule and 40 acres. They they had to wait for Rearend Jesse Jackson and Rearend Al Sharpton to ***** and moan about how there is no African American princess. Then all the scared white people that don't want to be called racist nominated an African American woman to be called a princess. That's why it took so long.
That's easily answered:
Firstly, there are rumours that Walt Disney himself was rascist but then that just questioned why one wasn't made after his death?
I believe the reason for that is because of the stories:
Snow White is known for having "skin as white as snow". Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Beauty and The Beast are all traditional fairytales and images of these princesses with white skin had already been created by Hans Christian Anderson and The Brothers Grimm so it probably never entered the minds of the creators at Disney to change that. Jasmine was from Arabia, Mulan was from China and Pocahontas was a native american.
That is the reason why.
...well techniquely they did have an 'African' princess sort, in Nala of The Lion King., there was also the Indian girl from the end of the Jungle book (although she's really not a princess).
Although in all honesty I think Disney's been slow on the whole 'black' princess thing due to the limit of African American actresses that could be type cast in such a movie.
I mean there's Whoopi Goldberg (comedic, and was in the Lion King), Halle Berry (eye candy type), and Beyonce (the cross-over type) just for examples and the only ones I can think of off the top of my head. Take into account the political stands or how she is protrayed in public, along with the mistaken stereotypes of black women in today's society, and Disney isn't left with much to work with, in attempting to make a movie about a 'black' princess and not offend African Americans, while not alienating their white customers by 'Africanizing' a predominantly 'white' story or legend that hasn't already been told by Disney.
Because Walt Disney was racist.
sum people just look at it as white women r elegent and princessy, but heeeeeellllllllsssss yeah its about time they make a colored princess!!
white is overated these days!!