Still Waiting For Disney's First Black Prince : NPR: Black women across America gave a collective 'It's about time' when Disney announced pre-production on a film featuring a black princess.
Disney has traveled a long road to move from its early caricatures of lazy, big-lipped, bug-eyed, zoot-suited blacks to Princess Tiana, an energetic, smart and in-charge heroine. But as the national release of The Princess and the Frog approaches, I join those who are disappointed that Disney chose not to give their first black princess a black prince.
Surely at some point in the brainstorming sessions, someone had to question the wisdom of Naveen, Tiana's white love interest. The existence of interracial relationships on the screen does not offend me. The nonexistence of healthy, positive, inspiring black relationships offends me.
