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Social-media shock stories amount to lazy journalism

Did you hear about the backlash against Disney for casting Halle Bailey, a young black woman, for the lead in the live-action version of "The Little Mermaid"?

The Washington Post ran an essay on the furor, with the headline, "The white nostalgia fueling the 'Little Mermaid' backlash." The subhead explained, "The uproar over a black Ariel shows how important representation in children's entertainment is."

The essay, written by Brooke Newman, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth

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