The Little Mermaid live-action premiered, Lilo & Stitch's live-action casting was announced and it gave us a perfect opportunity to remind ourselves qnd other people why casting racially ambiguous-looking to play characters with very specific physical features and cultural background is not the same as having a Black woman play a mermaid, why fair and diverse representation is essential, and whitewashing, beyond being unfair, is dangerous. 

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