Disney Debuts First Latina Princess
Say hello to Sofia.
This is Princess Sofia. (No, not this one.) She’s a new Disney character who’s being hyped as the princess factory’s first Latina.
She’ll star in a Disney Channel movie on Nov. 18 before getting her own TV series in 2013. The plot is that Sofia (voiced by Ariel Winter, Alex Dunphy on Modern Family), must adjust to princess life after her mother (voiced by Sara Ramirez, Callie Torres on Grey’s Anatomy), marries a king.
Sofia’s heritage is being presented as a “matter-of-fact situation rather than an overt thing,” executive producer Jamie Mitchell said on a recent press tour. “She is Latina,” added Mitchell, after one reporter asked about Sofia’s mother’s darker skin.
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beckio 7 months agoI admit, I have a cousin who looked like Sophia when she was younger. And her last name is a Hispanic one, and her parents are both half Hispanic. But, truth of the matter is, most Hispanic girls are not going to identify with a red haired, blue eyed little girl. More Dora, less Merida, Disney, Damn it!
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gcs3 7 months agoOf course some latinas have light skin and blue eyes. But what’s the point of embracing a minority if you are going to pick an individual that looks like the majority. Disney should have their “latina” princess marry a gay prince that has no romantic feelings for men whatsoever. 0 points for Disney.
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StephieOcelot 7 months ago
She would be cuter if she had brown eyes and dark hair. She would look just like my daughter (Sophie) who does have a Hispanic background due to her dad being Spanish/Italian. Also he was born in Peru and moved to the States in 2001.
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Bob Builder, The 7 months agoHooray! Disney is willing to have a latina princess… If her skin is white enough.
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retrovertigo 7 months agoI’m very disappointed that this girl isn’t dark skinned, dark haired and dark eyed. :\ I’m a light (very light) latina that easily passes as white so I never had that problem of feeling like I didn’t look like the girls on TV, unlike other darker skinned girls I knew. I wish the could of differentiated our race instead of making a latina girl look just as white as the others. I really don’t feel like us fair latinas need any more representation.
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kyrski 7 months agoYES, we get that latinos come in many different skin tones and eye colors and hair colors, etc. THE POINT IS why advertise a princess as a “latina” if she could be presented without any ethnicity taglines and everyone would assume she’s white? don’t try to appear diverse if you’re not going to make a princess the MAJORITY of latino people can identify with?
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Ladyjenn925 7 months ago
And they havnt made an Official disney
Latina princess, but thats all good. They saving the best for last! -
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Ladyjenn925 7 months ago
Wait we all come in different colors shape and forms! Im puerto rican. In my family some of us are dark with brittle/nappy hair like black girls. some with fair pale skin thick curly long hair like myself. Or like my daughter light brown wavy nice hair with white skin like a white girl. Its nice they try to make her a latina but, they should have made her look Mooore latina.
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