A coffin made to resemble a mermaid at a Ga funeral. The Ga people live along the southeast coast of Ghana. Eye Ubiquitous/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Mermaids have become a cultural ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Black kids are more likely to drown while swimming than their white counterparts. Will The Little Mermaid help bridge the gap?

Trevor Noah took aim at the racist backlash to Disney’s live-action “The Little Mermaid” trailer on Thursday’s “The Daily Show,” wondering why we’re all doing this again. Shortly after racist backlash ...

As parents recorded them, big smiles, giggles and tears filled the eyes of young Black girls as they reacted to seeing Halle Bailey as Ariel in the teaser trailer of the new live action, Disney’s “The ...

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Never mind that the neighborhood is under the sea. It wasn’t enough that Black people had to integrate cities and towns and schools and work places and institutions. Now we have to integrate the ocean ...

(Gray News) – After Disney released its first teaser trailer for the upcoming live action “The Little Mermaid” starring a Black actress as Ariel, parents shared their young Black daughters’ emotional ...

Virgin Voyages' second cruise ship will feature a new and unique bow design symbol. Diversity. The Valiant Lady, set to sail next year, will have a bow design that features a Black mermaid who will ...

Mermaids have become a cultural phenomenon, and clashes about mermaids and race have spilled out into the open. This is most pointedly apparent in the backlash over Disney’s much-anticipated “The ...