Thoughts About The Princess and the Frog
The only African queen Disney ever had for a while was Nala from The Lion King. Then they came out with The Princess and The Frog with a girl from New Orleans who’d be their first black princess.
It took them a while to finally replace an animal as their unofficial African princess spokesperson with an official human one, but better late than never.
So how does the movie add up for girls who look forward to see their first black princess?
Tiana is black: +1
But…so is the villain: -1
But her snobby, spoiled friend is white: +1
But her rich white father is the king: -1
The prince is sort of black, I’m not sure. He’s from a land called Maldonia, which is made up so who knows: +0?
For a majority of the movie, she is a frog. Not an African-American frog, just a frog: -1
So the overall racial score for this movie is in the negatives. Watch with racist caution.
Also, I’m not serious about my analysis of this movie being racist but Rachel Mercer’s viewpoints of the movie and its message to women is dead on. Please give it a read.
