[Fido969]

Really?

I think they are finding a problem that doesn’t exist.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I have not heard anyone in real life or in the media complain about the color of Ariel.

I have heard people in the media, liberals in the media, say that conservatives are upset about the color of Ariel.

But I have not heard any conservatives say that they are upset about this.

This is an imaginary manufactured issue, where the Liberals are claiming that conservatives are upset about something which conservatives are not saying anything about.

[fr_freak]

I think they are finding a problem that doesn’t exist.

All you have to do to give yourself a proper perspective as to whether people objecting to placing "diversity" into Tolkien's world is ask yourself what would happen if a white person were put into the role of a black historical figure or mythological figure. We all know the answer to that question.

And the author is wrong. Tolkien described the skin color of a number of his creations, especially the elves, and he described them as particularly fair. In fact, that was nearly a defining characteristic of the elves, something that differentiated them from the swarthier humans.