#Discussion: Whitewashing Princess Tiana?

[weber_dubois22]

I saw this tumblr earlier today. Apparently, someone on Ebay.com was/is selling a set of Disney Princesses. At first glance one might assume the lady in the lilypad dress is "Tinkerbell" via Peter Pan, but believe it or not, it a repainted version of "Tiana" of Princess and the Frog. Whether or not this was a mistake on the part of Disney or some a-hole at Ebay who decided he didn't like the fact that Tiana is black is rather elusive.





Case in point, a side-by-side comparison:




SOURCE: 1, 2, 3

Comments

[captain-sarah.livejournal.com]

From what I've heard, these are knock-offs, and not created or sold by Disney (stolen molds, most likely). Considering the fact that the dress color is also slightly off, I think whoever was responsible for this must have confused her with Tink. The dress is leafy, they have similar hair, similar eyes. Unless they were just trying to pass her off as Tink?

[weber_dubois22]

Yeah, I think that's definitely what they were trying to do with the figurine here.