• The Confab -- Dec. 18, 2009

    This week on The Confab: The color wars continue. Jack White explains why Stanley Crouch needs to "lighten up", Helena Andrews says "Bitch is the New Black" and Disney's new -- black -- princess is the ... froggiest of them all? Join The Root's associate editor Natalie Hopkinson as she talks to senior culture writer Teresa Wiltz and contributors to The Root Jack White and Helena Andrews.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
    The Confab -- Dec. 18, 2009
  • And We Shopped Happily Ever After

    Disney’s The Princess and the Frog represents one small step for my black princess—and one giant leap for me. Now I don’t have to resort to buying her stuff plastered with images of Disney blondes.
    What My Princess Thought of Disney's 'The Princess and the Frog'
  • The Froggiest of Them All

    Is Disney afraid of too much blackness on the big screen?
    The Princess and the Frog: Disney's First Black Princess Is Mostly a Frog
  • Anika Noni Rose Talks About ‘The Princess and The Frog’

    The voice of Disney’s first black animated princess on her historical role.
    Anika Noni Rose Talks About ‘The Princess and The Frog’
  • Disney's Very First B.A.P.

    Finally, little girls of African descent will have a Disney princess who looks more like them, with her very own hair products and happily ever after.

    The Princess and The Frog with Anika Noni Rose: Disney's First B.A.P.
  • Enough With the Princesses!

    Forget about whether the new Disney princess is black or white. The problem is with princesses. Period.
    The Trouble With Disney's Princess Tiana
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