Wow, this board sure has degraded. The initial "can't swim" joke was funny. Classic Geek Forearm. But most of you in this thread are just deplorable racists.
The Broadway version had a Japanese American performer and the public gave her shite too. It's disgusting.
My step-daughter is mixed. She dances ballet, sings full songs from memory, and paints all the time. She adores The Little Mermaid, reads mermaid books, and watches mermaid shows on Netfilx. She is only 6 years old but just recently starting painting her people a light brown to reflect her self image. The look on her face when we showed her the new live-action Ariel will forever be ingrained in my memory. She was completely overwhelmed with happiness because she could finally see herself in something she held so close to her heart. It breaks my heart that there are people in this world that feel the way most of you do. I'll never understand it.