One user used artificial intelligence to replace Halle Bailey’s face with that of a woman with white and red hair. A racist practice that has been punished by Twitter.
The trailer for the next Disney movie was released on September 11th. In this live-action remake of The little MermaidAriel, the main character, is played by the young black actress Halle Bailey.
If Halle Bailey’s name had been announced for a long time, the release of the trailer has once again sparked a wave of racism by claiming a discrepancy with the cartoon released in 1989, where Ariel is a mermaid with white skin and hair. reds.
Beyond the discrimination suffered by the 22-year-old actress, some extreme reactions lead to measures on social media. This is the case of a Twitter account that boasted of using artificial intelligence to “bleach” Ariel, making her white and red.
In this tweet, a user broadcasts a screenshot of the initial tweet praising the technology used to replace a black person with a white person on the screen.
“Congratulations to our artificial intelligence scientist @TenGazillionIQ. He fixed the Little Mermaid and turned the cute actress into a red and white girl. He says he was able to fix the entire movie within 24 hours of its release. wokist is over “, we can read in this tweet.
User @TenGazilionIQ, who claims to be a “PhD student in artificial intelligence”, has never personally shared the video in question and his account remains active on Twitter. The person behind the tweet, however, @vandalibm, was suspended from the social network, noted the American media Gizmodo September 14. On his profile, a message indicates a suspension for violating Twitter rules.
For her part, the actress shared on her Instagram account the video reactions of black girls surprised and happy to meet a heroine who looks like her.
“People have been sending me such reactions all weekend and I am really in awe. Seeing the reactions of these little ones makes me so emotional, it means everything to me. Thank you all for your unwavering support,” wrote the actress. on Instagram.
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