Disney making live-action remake of 'The Little Mermaid'

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Originally Posted by Xav

Why are redhead characters always changed to black?

Originally Posted by Zulithe

It's weird how many female white redheads keep getting changed into black characters. It's happened so many times in recent years that it's no longer just a coincidence. TMNT fandom is no stranger to this, with April changed into black in the most recent series, plus numerous past attempts to reinterpret her as black that didn't always come to be, for example Ciro revealed in his new TMNT 2012 art book that he originally intended April to be black.

I'm a liberal minded person but even I have to step back and look at how frequently this keeps happening to redhead characters. Redheads are today most associated with people from Celtic nations, particularly Ireland which has the highest percentage. The Irish are a historically oppressed people. Is this just a modern continuation of that in action?

It's a growing list too!

Hawkgirl in CW shows
Iris and Wally West in CW Flash
Jimmy Olsen in Supergirl tv show
Starfire in Titans live action show (not sure if really counts being alien)
Barbara Gordon/Batgirl in Lego Batman movie
"MJ" in MCU Spider-man films
April in Rise of Tmnt

Now live-action Ariel

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