This is the new Little Mermaid doll. I am literally choking up because ... for all the little Black and brown girls who are going to see themselves in you,' " Bailey told Variety in August of ...

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Giles Keyte/Disney “The Little Mermaid ... by a Black lead. When the casting of Bailey was announced in 2022, Black children and parents rejoiced at the thought of seeing a new Black Disney ...