Comments on: The Black Princess … and a Non-Black Prince???

By: Tessie

Tessie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:48:45 +0000

Amen! I saw the movie, and thought it was great. The culture in New Orleans was mixed, and positively portrayed. Most of the adults (both male and female) we're good role models, and I think that's what important for the kiddies to see. Not insignificant details about color this and race that. High fives all 'round for Disney. :-)

By: Tessie

Tessie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:48:00 +0000

Amen! I saw the movie, and thought it was great. The culture in New Orleans was mixed, and positively portrayed. Most of the adults (both male and female) we’re good role models, and I think that’s what important for the kiddies to see. Not insignificant details about color this and race that. High fives all ’round for Disney. :-)

By: Tessie

Tessie — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:48:45 +0000

By: Chantal

Chantal — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:09:00 +0000

As a mixed kid, I find all the hype about where Prince Naveen is from totally offensive, and just down right stupid. What’s so wrong with inter-racial relationships? Can’t black people and white people live happily ever after? whites and asians? latinos and arabs? It has NOTHING to do with Disney not being ready to portray strong male characters, look at Tiana’s father, he was awesome. Hell, if anything Disney was being progressive by ‘casting’ an olive-skinned unidentifiable Latino-sounding/Indian-named/pseudo-Creole prince. It shows that being a mixed race couples actually can be a reality… but clearly to a society whose going ape shit about ‘where Prince Naveen is from and why isn’t he black’ is really not ready to move passed the whole race thing…

By: Chantal

Chantal — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:09:09 +0000

As a mixed kid, I find all the hype about where Prince Naveen is from totally offensive, and just down right stupid. What's so wrong with inter-racial relationships? Can't black people and white people live happily ever after? whites and asians? latinos and arabs? It has NOTHING to do with Disney not being ready to portray strong male characters, look at Tiana's father, he was awesome. Hell, if anything Disney was being progressive by 'casting' an olive-skinned unidentifiable Latino-sounding/Indian-named/pseudo-Creole prince. It shows that being a mixed race couples actually can be a reality… but clearly to a society whose going ape shit about 'where Prince Naveen is from and why isn't he black' is really not ready to move passed the whole race thing…

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:43:00 +0000

Hi! I’m a reporter in West Palm Beach, Florida, doing a story about the importance of a black princess to families of color. I love your commentary. Might I quote you for my story? Reach me at the email below!

By: Leslie

Leslie — Mon, 18 May 2009 20:43:03 +0000

Hi! I'm a reporter in West Palm Beach, Florida, doing a story about the importance of a black princess to families of color. I love your commentary. Might I quote you for my story? Reach me at the email below!

By: Ashwini

Ashwini — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:17:00 +0000

It’s also interesting because “Naveen” is a very common male-identified Indian name. Is the prince supposed to be South Asian. I’ve heard very little about this movie honestly because I think disney is the devil.

By: Ashwini

Ashwini — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:17:26 +0000

It's also interesting because “Naveen” is a very common male-identified Indian name. Is the prince supposed to be South Asian. I've heard very little about this movie honestly because I think disney is the devil.

By: TubaTV

TubaTV — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:06:00 +0000

What’s so bizarre about the choice of naming the prince “Naveen,” is that it’s an unambiguously East Indian name. It’s entirely plausible that an Indian, from the West Coast or from the Indies across the pond, managed to land in early New Orleans, but it’s not as if Disney’s going for verisimilitude here; the dude is a frog. It just seems like this prince inhabits either some post-racial identity or the generic space of the global other (Indian named, Maldonian, brown but not that brown, voiced by a Brazilian).

By: Ashwini

Ashwini — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:17:26 +0000

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:44:00 +0000

I didn’t even know!

By: TubaTV

TubaTV — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:06:02 +0000

What's so bizarre about the choice of naming the prince “Naveen,” is that it's an unambiguously East Indian name. It's entirely plausible that an Indian, from the West Coast or from the Indies across the pond, managed to land in early New Orleans, but it's not as if Disney's going for verisimilitude here; the dude is a frog. It just seems like this prince inhabits either some post-racial identity or the generic space of the global other (Indian named, Maldonian, brown but not that brown, voiced by a Brazilian).

By: Brittany

Brittany — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:44:54 +0000

I didn't even know!