The trend of rewriting characters from European history (Ann Boleyn) or European stories to represent them as black instead of European is gaining steam. Why not just produce movies and TV shows about African folklore? Why try and literally culturally appropriate stories from Europe and those of European ancestry?
Here are some recent examples vs actual descriptions:
Ann Boleyn: Series completely changing the race of a real historical person. Imagine casting George Clooney as Nelson Mandela.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15137719/why-channel-anne-boleyn-black-woman/
The Little Mermaid: Ariel is black. HC Anderson described the mermaid thusly: "Her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea; but, like all the others, she had no feet and her body ended in a fish's tail."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11199025/Halle-Bailey-splashes-role-Little-Mermaid-new-teaser-based-1989-Disney-classic.html#article-11199025
LOTR: Amazon decided to make the elves multiracial. The word "Elf" actually derived from the word "White". But Tolkien only ever described Elves as white, pale, fair.
" They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finarfin; and their voices had more melodies than any mortal voice that now is heard."
" An Elven-maid there was of old,
[...]
Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free"
"The air was very still, and the dell was dark, and the Elf-lady beside him was tall and pale."
"He was tall and black-haired; his eyes were dark, yet bright and keen as the eyes of the Noldor, and his skin was white."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10498771/Lord-Rings-Rings-Power-feature-Middle-Earths-black-elf.html
Here are some recent examples vs actual descriptions:
Ann Boleyn: Series completely changing the race of a real historical person. Imagine casting George Clooney as Nelson Mandela.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/15137719/why-channel-anne-boleyn-black-woman/
The Little Mermaid: Ariel is black. HC Anderson described the mermaid thusly: "Her skin was as clear and delicate as a rose leaf, and her eyes as blue as the deepest sea; but, like all the others, she had no feet and her body ended in a fish's tail."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-11199025/Halle-Bailey-splashes-role-Little-Mermaid-new-teaser-based-1989-Disney-classic.html#article-11199025
LOTR: Amazon decided to make the elves multiracial. The word "Elf" actually derived from the word "White". But Tolkien only ever described Elves as white, pale, fair.
" They were tall, fair of skin and grey-eyed, though their locks were dark, save in the golden house of Finarfin; and their voices had more melodies than any mortal voice that now is heard."
" An Elven-maid there was of old,
[...]
Her hair was long, her limbs were white,
And fair she was and free"
"The air was very still, and the dell was dark, and the Elf-lady beside him was tall and pale."
"He was tall and black-haired; his eyes were dark, yet bright and keen as the eyes of the Noldor, and his skin was white."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10498771/Lord-Rings-Rings-Power-feature-Middle-Earths-black-elf.html
