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My daughter and I love the Disney Princesses and we love it even more that Disney has decided to come out with an African American princess. After taking my four year old daughter to see Disney Princess on Ice I watched my daughter's reactions and enjoyment to all the different scenes, I began to create a black princess story and a name for her. Is their a way that the Disney Company can hear my suggestions?

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Give me a break. So the plantation owner isn’t the bad guy - it’s the voodoo priest. She is a chambermaid as is her mother. And in an American fairy tale the prince is European. They couldn’t muster the steel to make him American? I guess even in a fairytale some things are too far fetched.

AnnabelleDickson

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I don't understand the last comment, but I think this is great!!!! My daughter's just love all the disney princesses and it would be great to have one that looks like them. I am so excited...we are already planning our Disney trip in 2009! Miss Maddy here we come!

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It is greatly appreciated to see a Black Disney Princess. It is about time!

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Yes, I am very excited for an African American Princess to join the rest of the other lovely princesses. I wish 2009 would get here already! :D

~Rochelle

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which is funny, because there isn't an asian princess. mulan wasn't a princess. disney threw her in there to keep everything pc. how about a hawaiian princess? a hispanic princess? i don't seem them pushing pocahontas as a princess. seriously people...

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The creators are euopran, this is for Disney market shares to go up. The images are created by a european cast the music is not made by any well known aferican american jazz artist and it is not directed by a aferican american director this is a big money maker for Disney to push something differnt for 2D animation and you can count on one hand the aferican american artist on the film. When the point of view is created by a european creative team all your going to get is Cenderilla painted in black face. And lets not forget this is an original story and they chose her to be a chambermaid in the time era of strong white suppression in the south dose this strike any one as odd?

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I think it will be better for Disney to add an African American princess. I am in my teens and I love the Disney princess since I was little. They should even add a few princes to go along with the princesses. I think it would make little kids of a different race feel better to choose a princess of the same color as them. So...

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It's an interesting idea. Will wait and see what happens, I guess...

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I want to be excited, but I keep finding myself dissapointed. As an african American young woman who grew up with very few black faces on TV and no black cartoon chracters to relate to other than Fat Albert and later Mary Melody from Tiny Toons, why did it take until 2009. But okay. Think positive thoughts. They are doing the movie.... but I also find it curious that the music for Disney's first black animated film is written & composed by a white guy. I wonder if any consideration was given in writting the script as to how to portray Black Americans culturally, how we feel about our history, or how the words they say will impact the psychy of young girls of color. My other thing is, I'm of a dark complexion female and seldom will you see a desirable dark skinned women portrayed in media. Usually, they show a darker male attracted or married to a lighter toned woman. Bringing me to my final 2 questions: As this is New Orleans, is she actually going to be Black or is she going to be Bi-racial or Creole? What exactly will they show white and black children about American Slavery?

Btw, besides actually being a princess (the daughter of the cheif over a number of villages), Pocohontas is depicted in Disney's Princess line up, as is an Arab princess (Jasmine), and while not princesses, Mulan was the heroine of the Asian film named after her, Lilo was the hawaiian heroine of Lilo and Stitch, and the movie The Emporer's New Groove is set in Inca an ancient Mexican/ Latin American Empire and it now features a princess in the cartoon. But don't worry since Disney is focused on being PC, I'm sure they're already thinking of a Mexican Princess story line or maybe another sequel to The Emporer's New Groove featuring their new Incan female hero.

Why is it that someone had to get upset that Disney chose to make the "black movie" about a princess - essentially calling it unnessicary and pointing out that other groups weren't portrayed as such. Why is that a big deal? Is there a problem with having a Black princess? Should they not have one just because Mulan wasn't a princess? *rolling eyes specifically at post #6*

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It is about time to see a black princess, no offence to other races, but how long did it have to take to recognize that their many little black girls who all want to be princess as well and portrayed as such in the media. Finally, Disney has caught on that their consumers are not all the same color ! However no matter what your race is, most little girls around the world all want to have the disney dream ( "the happiest place on earth") and I realize that this little dream may seem to pale in comparison to what is happening our world today (war, hunger, death etc.)However our little girls want recognition, attention, affirmation and all although utimately it is the parents job, we can not escape media and the media is a hunter and we (including our children) are its prey. So Disney thanks for stepping up, however the true test is how you handle the production of goods, is Maddy going to be on cups,plates, blankets, shirts etc.? Or are you just going to tease our little girls with brown faces with a delightful film with no reinforcement! Lastly, if anyone from disney reads this, is this film going to be a full course meal or an appetizer for our little girls? exp. When was last time you saw Mulan, Sleeping beauty, snow white, cinderalla on a shirt, cup, plate etc. toghether? Answer: rarely.

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You can always trust the folks at Dizz-ney and Hollywierd to stick to the white supremacist script. No matter what ethnicity the "princess" is, the white guy always gets the girl (pocahontas). The bad guy is always dark (the black maned lion in the Lion King). Ever seen a black maned lion? There were no African people in the lion king which was set in Africa.

Even when Whitney Houston executive produced Brandy in Cinderella, the king was White, the queen was Whoopie, the prince was asian. Anything but a black man. In fact, black men only played as non speaking extras and dancers.

Shrek was filled white animated white people but God forbid a black one. But they don't mind using Eddie Murphy as the voice of the donkey. And dont tell me it was a period piece when they used soul music from the 60's 70's 80's and 90's. They will use Black people's music, voices and locations but never your face. They are cultural vampires whose collective wish is that we disapear, first from media, then in reality.

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