Disney has been pleasing many children of many ages and even adults with their lovable stories. One of the main reasons why people go to buy and watch the movies is because the movie contains realistic qualities and the reputation that Disney has made for itself. Disney came out with such stories as Beauty And the Beast, Cinderella, and The Little Mermaid. All of these movies have something in common. They all had the power to bring families together, keep them happy, and fascinated in the storyline. The Little Mermaid is not only a family movie, but has many different social concerns as well, which are interwoven into the storyline. Their story portrays social concerns such as race and ethnicity, gender differences, deviant acts, and have and haves not in the movie.
             First of all, the movie has many examples of race and ethnicity because the whole story dwells around the plot of underwater creatures wondering about what is above the water and their interest to see what was up there with the "air-breathing creatures." This shows how certain races wonder about how other races are. For example, you wonder about moving to a different country for better life or change from usual life. Also in the movie the under water characters have been portrayed as blacks and minorities "Race and ethnicity are in the eye of the beholder"(Harold, 186). For example, Sebastian the crab has a Jamaican accent. Also in general the characters have been made to be different from human and be the minority in the world. This shows different physical characteristics or race. The director also let us see the primary assimilation process by getting, Ariel a mermaid from the underwater world and the prince a human, married. Another example of race and ethnicity is portrayed in the movie is that the underwater people being different than human. In relation to the book the underwater characters are stereotyped as dumber as and lazier than humans....