I wouldn't say Anansi was the original because both he and the Great Hare existed simultaneously in different places, but it was Native influence and what basically amounts to trauma bonding as to why the stories took off in the US.
)--it goes on and on and on. But it's the same era. So while they might not be the best, I am sure an effort was made of some kind. Or what he thought was the most accurate. 
Does it really qualify? It is important in that it features the first African-American Disney princess, but the directors weren't African-American.
This stereotype isn't featured in Splash Mountain. Don't know if that's noteworthy, just figured I might as well bring it up.
Years ago, I got a book of Brer Rabbit stories retold by Karima Amin in the Splash Mountain gift shop. There's a section in the book that talks about African-American folklore, and there's a section about a rabbit character in mythology who goes up against characters like Lion, Leopard, and Elephant. I don't remember the name.
No arguments here.
I still think that doing a series of shorts featuring the characters handled by African-Americans would help to fix the characters' reputation.
Woah! I did not know they sold books there! Do you remember what year exactly and what book it was?
It does. It’s the first and so far only animated Disney film that features an African American female lead/princess. Anika Noni Rose is the first African American actress to voice a prominent female lead in a Disney animated film. That’s African American history.
It was this book:
I was just thinking about this the other day. The Black American voice actors in SOTS really deserved a lot more, and still do. They should all have had careers like Mel Blanc and June Foray and Paul Frees. Even if Baskett passed away too soon, Johnny Lee should have had a voice acting career. I know he did some movies and television, but he really was a comedy genius. I hunted down reels of several movie musicals he was in that were made for Black audiences. All three of the Brers from SOTS were voiced by quadruple threats. It makes me so angry that they did not just make the animated shorts or more animated shorts after the film, because it cost Black artists work.
I agree. The timing and skin color were wrong, unfortunately. I think had the film been made a few decades later...let's say in the 60s or 70s, their careers would have had much better chances at taking off. Hollywood had already changed so much by that time.
Most of the complaints about racism in SotS stem mostly from the Uncle Remus plot and not the Brers (except Tar Baby). Had they just stuck with the Brers and followed them around during their crazy adventures, I strongly believe they would have been fine. The Uncle Remus plot greatly hinders SotS. It's why Splash has the Brers, but no Remus. They're fine, he's not.
I bought both of these there, too.
None of those examples interfere with what I am specifically talking about, which is a prominent female lead/protagonist in a Disney animated film. The Proud Family is a sitcom, none of the Muses in Hercules are lead female characters, Frozone is neither a lead, nor female, and James Baskett did not voice a prominent female lead either. So far, only PatF and Anika Noni Rose apply to what I’m specifically talking about.
I get that. I just find it a bit odd to call someone the first if you have to put a lot of qualifiers in front of it. But yes, she is the first Black Female who played an animated character in a Disney theatrical release which was promoted into the Disney Princess brand.
Well, Louis doesn't really. But a lot of characters in the film do indeed have Southern accents, so the point still stands.
What about those guys that wouldn't let her buy their building? They were all but stated to be racist, what with their "considering a woman of your background" line.
In today’s society, that’s enough
No one in this thread has been arguing this. Unless you're referring to social media/some other online forum?In today’s society, that’s enough
It can be simplified. First Disney princess.
