When Disney announced last year that an feature-length animated with a black heroine was in the works, I was beyond thrilled. Growing up, I was a major Disney buff — like most children of the 80s, I presume — and although I still have a great amount of affection for the classics, as I grew older my disappointment in the company's apparent lack of interest in including black characters in its animated films began to overshadow that childhood love. But now they're making a black, animated Disney film! My future daughters will have their own animated heroine to look up to! Unfortunately, based on information from people in the know, I might have gotten excited too soon. Disney, a company with a racially-murky past that won't stay in the vault no matter how hard execs try to keep it hidden, appears to be having quite a few problems coming up with a storyline that isn't offensive. Fancy that.

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