Disney fans debate Pocahontas and Mulan 'whitewashing' after Wreck-It Ralph 2 trailer
"White women dressing up for Halloween."
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BY
BEN LEE
5 JUNE 2018
A
brand new Wreck-It Ralph 2 trailer was released on Monday (June 4), and while the whole Disney princess gang was present (
including Mulan), there was a lot of discussion surrounding the physical depictions of two of the characters.
Many people on social media discussed how Native American character Pocahontas and Chinese character Mulan look to have had their skin tone whitened and facial features altered.
A lot of Twitter users took issue with how much lighter Pocahontas appears in the trailer:

HOOD VOGUE@kxyonn
18h
She is gorgeous but why is she THIS light. It’s no reason for miss Pocahontas to be the same skin tone as ANNA.
https://twitter.com/itsjustanx/status/1003704605522497541 …

MEL V/ MIA@melVmusic
https://twitter.com/melVmusic/status/1003917225244413952
PERIOD!!!!! As a native, I expected the white wash... Pocahontas has always been white washed... or as I should say “Rebecca Thomas”
the caricature is beautiful, but it’s just disapproving.
4:31 AM - Jun 5, 2018
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marybelle / a lil ia@loneIyIovers
https://twitter.com/loneIyIovers/status/1003817136199004161
IM A LIGHTSKIN NATIVE BUT I AGREE POCAHONTAS SHOULD BE DARKER NSXKKS
9:53 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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ᴍɪᴀ - ᴄᴏᴍᴍɪssɪᴏɴs ᴏᴘᴇɴ!@GlitchyPlant
https://twitter.com/GlitchyPlant/status/1003762181815656448
I’m salty because they made Pocahontas look white from what I’m seeing and as a Native American she should not be that white
6:15 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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dandan the transient@DandanHansen
https://twitter.com/DandanHansen/status/1003827261370486789
Looks like they cast those WW dressing up for Halloween to play Matoaka and the rest of this "diverse" cast, won't be seeing
#WRECKITRALPH2 who decided to pull a
#Ghostintheshell and Ironeyes Cody.
#NativeTwitter https://twitter.com/itsjustanx/status/1003704605522497541 …
10:34 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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́@fauxdeity
https://twitter.com/fauxdeity/status/1003683813921259521
lmaoooooooooooo pocahontas turned white! we are shaking.
#RalphBreaksTheInternet
1:04 PM - Jun 4, 2018 ·
Manhattan, NY
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But others said the issue wasn't clear cut, as her portrayal in the original 1995 movie was problematic in the first place.

HOOD VOGUE@kxyonn
18h
She is gorgeous but why is she THIS light. It’s no reason for miss Pocahontas to be the same skin tone as ANNA.
https://twitter.com/itsjustanx/status/1003704605522497541 …

Ry
@ryanffffuuu
https://twitter.com/ryanffffuuu/status/1003815971163901952
In the original movie she was way too copper toned they might as well have made her red it just felt like a perpetuation of us being “redskins” so I’m glad they changed her pigment and portraits of Matoaka don’t portray her as a darker skinned native she was more light beige
9:49 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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madison ✩ 15@harrydulcet
https://twitter.com/harrydulcet/status/1003874382878511106
Pocahontas is perfectly colored! I’m native, a lot of people I know are native! We are red skinned, and we are gorgeous! She wouldn’t look right darker. Her coloring is perfect. NATIVE AMERICANS ARE LIGHT AND RED JUST TAN EASILY
1:41 AM - Jun 5, 2018
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As for Mulan, she also has gone through a number of physical changes in her redesign which seem to soften her East Asian features.
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And that didn't go unnoticed, with one person saying that Mulan now looks half-Asian:


Stephanie '98 Mulan is Best Mulan' Tran@YouAndYourEgo
https://twitter.com/YouAndYourEgo/status/1003806617966727168
ok
I'm just going to say it
seeing all the people squealing abiut how "pretty" a significantly paler Mulan with a smaller nose and thinner brows+lips really disheartens me
9:12 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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Stephanie '98 Mulan is Best Mulan' Tran@YouAndYourEgo
11h
Replying to @YouAndYourEgo
that first image of her in green is a marketing image from around the movie release. it doesn't escape my notice that they made her paler in the initial marketing than she is in the film and then even paler later on in 2013. pay attention to the blush too - pink vs. peach
pic.twitter.com/utqUpOktIH

Stephanie '98 Mulan is Best Mulan' Tran@YouAndYourEgo
https://twitter.com/YouAndYourEgo/status/1003816228643885056
Mulan looks hapa in Wreck-It-Ralph 2
this isn't a diss to hapa ppl - if Disney and its audience can't fully embrace Mulan's Asian-ness that's a problem
pic.twitter.com/jLrZBS2Udx
9:50 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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caroline
will see shakira in 139 days@greenpatterson
https://twitter.com/greenpatterson/status/1003725483593355264
im so sorry some dumb people made you white, mulan
https://twitter.com/marianaavilal/status/1003686588805677056 …
3:49 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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a@nasapphics
https://twitter.com/nasapphics/status/1003742708257652736
why does mulan look so white in that new princesses thing
4:58 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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However, there were others who appreciated the representation:
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gaby gonzales
@astrogabs
https://twitter.com/astrogabs/status/1003827121658179584
can we just talk about how gorgeous mulan is?????????? i'm not chinese but this is the asian representation i'm constantly looking for
10:33 PM - Jun 4, 2018
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J◇SI♤H@JosiahVReyes
https://twitter.com/JosiahVReyes/status/1003962677859835905
Mulan is the prettiest and least generic princess in the movie
fight me
7:32 AM - Jun 5, 2018
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William Yu@its_willyu
https://twitter.com/its_willyu/status/1003700873241989120
SHE’S THERE. MULAN IS THERE.
#RalphBreaksTheInternet
2:11 PM - Jun 4, 2018 ·
Manhattan, NY
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Digital Spy has reached out to Disney for comment.
Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 sees Ralph (John C Reilly) and Vanellope (Sarah Silverman) leave the arcade world behind to explore the uncharted world of the internet, filled with websites, apps and social media networks, in order to save Vanellope's game
Sugar Rush.
You can watch the trailer below: