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sometimes a trans woman wins against a cis woman. sometimes a cis woman wins against another cis woman too. yet only one of them is allowed to win without facing consequences.

as a Black girl myself, I'm upset at the fact that there is only one Black girl. cheetah girls was really important to me and showed Black girls that I could look up to as a kid and were good repersentation when there isn't a lot of repersentation.

I've been seeing the whole "well now other girls can be represented too" but I feel like this was not the time to race swap, especially since Black girls barely have repersentation. I belive if they wanted to have a Latina then they could've made her Afro-Latina, still Black. or for Asians they could make her Blasian. I feel like replacing the Black characters with other women of color that are more "white" and lighter was a way that Disney could whitewash a predominantly Black movie in a "non controversial" way. or maybe im looking to deep into this

I don't have any opinions on it worth giving, because I only heard about it in passing. I don't watch kids shows or keep up with children's media, unfortunately. I don't think they need to make a new Cheetah Girls at all, tbh. I think they coulda just made a New Thing. I understand wanting the diversity, for girls to see that multicultural community and fun together!

But I also understand the issue, that is they already took a book series that was all Black, and removed a lot of what made it what it was for the movies, and now are removing even more from it. It just should have been its own show, not the Cheetah Girls.

It should be Afro Latinas and Black girls. If the Latines are not Black, I don't want it. And that's of whatever skin tones. (I don't think they were initially dark skinned) But, it should be a Black story with girls from different Black backgrounds.

I think THIS is the perfect time to hire all the light skinned and mixed Afro Latinas that are often cast in Black and dark skinned roles, tbh. The author is light skinned. The characters are Black diaspora but also kinda light skinned. This is literally their lane.

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