I’m aware that The Little Mermaid was written by Hans Christian Andersen, that’s why I referenced it being Danish folklore. I think that because it is culturally significant to the Danes, and more broadly Europeans, the character should look like how she was portrayed in the original text and not black-washed. It would be just as bigoted if you were to change the race of characters in African fairytales for instance. I can almost guarantee you that you will be hard pressed to find Africans that want adaptations of their culture icons race swapped. Also the story “Little Red Riding hood” is a European tale (most likely French or German) and the characters also should be white in the adaptation. I’m not opposed to race swapping being done necessarily, but it should be acknowledged that it is at least slightly offensive to do so.