If Disney Princesses Were Black…

July 31st, 2012 - By Brande Victorian

Source: BlackVoices.com

We finally got our very own black princess when Disney released “The Princess and the Frog” in 2009, but wouldn’t it be cool to see all of Walt Disney’s leading ladies with a little more color? A 22-year-old college student named Lauren thought so, and so on her blog she “made a bunch of white Disney characters into WOC. Just for funzies :D ”

The Huffington Post caught on to her brilliant idea and we thought it was too cute not to share her reimaged pics of Ariel, Rapunzel, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White, and even Jessica Rabbit flaunting darker skin hues. Lauren didn’t touch Pocahontas, Jazmine, or Mulan since they are already women of color, but it’s pretty neat to see the typical red- and blonde-haired characters remixed just a tad to reflect our growing multi-racial society.

Here are a few of our favs, check out more on Lauren’s Tumblr page. What do you think?

Source: marrymejasonsegel.tumblr.com

 

Source: marrymejasonsegel.tumblr.com

 

Source: marrymejasonsegel.tumblr.com


Brande Victorian is the news and operations editor for madamenoire.com. Follow her on twitter @Be_Vic.

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  • BO_stinks

    envy? are white artists supposed to portray blacks in cartoons or are black artists?

  • CarlaKah

    I like them! I’ll print them out for my niece!

  • A.J.

    Azalea’s Dolls! Yay! I (heart) this website so much.

  • monitorette

    Beautiful pics. A talented artist.

  • get real

    If she were white, white people wouldn’t watch and probably be mad. And black people will mad because she isn’t white. There you have it.Just like if you take down that white Jesus and put up a blue black Jesus with a nappy head black people would stop attending that church.

    • shelshel

      You got that from shahrazad ali off of “hidden colors” nice choice in a film. But you have to admit they all included jesus looks wonderful in brown skins :-) I love my people of color. Beige, tan and etc is nice as well

      • get real

        Yeah I heard Umar Johnson from Hidden Colors say that but is he not teling the truth?

        • dddooonnnttt

          He’s not. I’ve almost exclusively attended churchs with Black Jesus’. Which is closer, but still not an accurate depiction.

  • Merriegirl

    I am going to need for MN to do better than getting their stories from tumblr.

    • Miss K

      haha….

  • Guest

    dipping them in chocolate doesn’t make them black.

    • dddooonnnttt

      They aren’t all supposed to be black, WOC. Could be Asian, Pakistani, Inuit….. Also, let’s stop referring to ourselves as ‘chocolate’.

  • Nope

    Well, we all know the Little Mermaid couldn’t be Black…….

    • dontdoit

      I don’t get it. Why?

      • Nope

        Because Black women don’t swim.

        • L-Boogie

          LOL!

        • Anon

          lol you made a funny!

        • dontdoit

          Have you seen the Olympics? My whole family swims, thus my not understanding the statement.

        • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julia-Durant/500767921 Julia Durant

          I was thinking cause black people don’t like water. But alrighty then.

        • dddooonnnttt

          Stop focusing on what ‘black people don’t..’ do and start discovering things that black people CAN do.

  • sabrina

    They look beautiful! lol

  • dontdoit

    Love!

  • IllyPhilly

    I like this, but I’d rather have something new like Tiana was. I’m sure there are a bunch of folk tales out there itching to be splashed with color.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kimberly-T-Washington/1003691176 Kimberly T Washington

      Tiana spent most of the movie as a frog… I’m not quite over that yet.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kimberly-T-Washington/1003691176 Kimberly T Washington

      Tiana spent most of the movie as a frog… I’m not quite over that yet.

      • IllyPhilly

        LMAO! I know, but we gotta take a win even if it’s just by 1 point.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kimberly-T-Washington/1003691176 Kimberly T Washington

      Tiana spent most of the movie as a frog… I’m not quite over that yet.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Kimberly-T-Washington/1003691176 Kimberly T Washington

      Tiana spent most of the movie as a frog… I’m not quite over that yet.

  • Angel

    I dont think all of these are supposed to be black. She just said women of color…and that could mean anything. Nevertheless I actually think they look better this way.

    • IllyPhilly

      Agreed. That’s why I liked that show that use to come on HBO. It had a plethora of races in the usually lily fairy tales. I forget the name.

      • brownreclusebeauty

        Happily Ever after fair tales for every child…O loved that show as a kid

        • IllyPhilly

          Ah yes! Thanks!

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