[freedom13]

I found the character name "Maddy" very interesting for a black princess in connection to African American. I wonder why good old Disney chosen “Maddy” to be her name. What does Maddy means anyway? Is she Mad-dy or Mad about something...? Sound very muddy…

Disney Princesses: Black Girls Need Not Apply - AOL Black Voices * Editor's Note 3/22/07: This story was written in August 2006, in response to a lively message board as well as the author's own confusion as to why the Disney company did not include an animated African American princess in its iconography. The poll on the page had more than 17,000 votes with the majority of respondants saying that Disney should be boycotted and that this lack of representation adversely affects black children. Fortunately, the Disney company recently announced that it finally will have an African American animated princess, Maddy, which will debut in theaters in 2009. "Mommy, why don't any of the princesses look like me," asks the beautiful brown girl, a mix of curiosity and confusion in her eyes. It is questions like this that torment black parents or caretakers, who like everyone else, want their children to be respected, affirmed, and yes, represented. Unfortunately, if said parents are in a Disney store, or at a Disney "Princesses on Ice" show with their kids, they'd better start thinking fast, because the mouse kingdom has never crowned a black princess.