Grab the tissues ... Here's how these children reacted to seeing a Black woman portray Ariel in a teaser for the upcoming "The Little Mermaid" live-action film.
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00:00She looks like me.
00:04She's a black girl.
00:15Part of that world.
00:22I think she's brown.
00:27Brown Ariel.
00:31I don't want to see.
00:39What do you think, baby?
00:41She's brown like me.
00:43Yeah, she's brown like you, baby.
00:46She's a black girl.
00:50They made Ariel into a black girl.
00:53She has just like you and me.
00:57She does.
00:59I wish I could be.
01:02She got dreads as well.
01:05Oh, it's mommy here.
01:09It's you.
01:11It's you.
01:13I love it, mommy.
01:15I wish I could be.
01:20She looks like me.
01:24Part of that world.
01:30She has skin like me.
01:39Wish I could be.
01:42She got lots, Maddie.
01:46How do you feel about her being a black woman?
01:49Very powerful.
01:53Part of that world.
02:00What do you think about the new Little Mermaid?
02:02Good.
02:03What?
02:04Good.
02:05Why do you think it's good?
02:06Because she's brown like me.
02:07I love it.
02:08She's black like you.
02:09You love it?
02:10That's a little mermaid?
02:14Oh, it's like a black mermaid.
02:16We got a black mermaid.
02:19Oh, my God.
02:23It's coming out of me.
02:25Not from me.