Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-5690373-20140324133048/@comment-5106672-20140407192243

CoolDudeAl wrote: Arctucrus wrote: Then where the hell is the logic in people getting offended if OUaT made her white?? Well, I think if they made her Tiana and white, people would get offended, because Tiana is the Disney name, and she's black. If we just got a white princess that kissed a frog who turned into a prince, and her name was anything but Tiana, I don't think it would bother anyone. Well, Aurora, Phillip, Belle, Gaston, Ariel, Eric and many more were also Disney names, but the writers did whatever they wanted with them and in most cases it worked perfectly.

To be honest, my main concern is that they keep making iconic characters. Except for a few, very rare and specific cases (ie: Mulan), the ethnicity of the character is irrelevant, because characters are iconic just when they're well written, regardless of the descent of the actors that play them.