‘The Little Mermaid’ Remake is Right on Race…but Still Not Quite Right for Me
Representation matters, and so I’m paying close attention to Halle Bailey’s turn as Ariel, aka, the little mermaid, in the upcoming remake of the classic Disney film. Since they releaseda teaserlast week, my attention has been particularly celebratory, besotted, motherly:the TikTok videos of young brown girlsbeaming with astonished, unfiltered joy as…