Last week, Disney announced that one of Gen Z’s childhood staples would be returning. The Cheetah Girls are officially returning! But this time, the story won’t center around Chanel, Galleria, Aqua and Dorinda. Cheetah Girls: Next Gen will follow a new generation of singers, dancers and performers. Disney has officially announced the casting for the new Cheetah Girls, which features Leah Sava' Jeffries as Faith, Carmen Sanchez as Dior, Kaileen Chang as Ruby, and Sophie Lennon as Brooklyn. And while we’ve seen the success of Disney reboots, like High School Musical: The Musical, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place, Raven's Home and Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, what makes this one different? The casting.
View this post on InstagramAfter Disney’s announcement of the reboot, which featured a video of the four girls singing and dancing to “Strut” from The Cheetah Girls 2 movie, fans took to X and other social media platforms to express their opinions and concerns. “This is so whitewashed, I can’t explain it,” said user @theekendall on X. Others agreed, commenting on the diversity in the original Cheetah Girls films compared to the lack of diversity in the upcoming film's casting. Others even brought up the Cheetah Girls books, which originally featured five black girls.
Another user took to X to post photos of the book covers, tweeting, “This is what the original Cheetah Girls looked like btw… You are not wrong for feeling like it’s been whitewashed. Not even Dorinda was white; she was Japanese and AA and even the Hispanic characters were Afro-Latina. Disney IS playing in our faces.”
And while The Cheetah Girls: Next Gen will feature Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Sabrina Bryan and Lynn Whitfield, fans of the original books and films still worry about the casting, with debates about how there is less representation for Black girls in Hollywood now compared to the 90s and early 2000s. User @jasimisinclair brings up this point on social media, stating, “The Cheetah Girls casting is just a reflection of what casting today looks like today. How many shows and movies do you know that cast two or more black girls in a project nowadays? Disney was never dedicated to preserving the culture of The Cheetah Girls.”
On the other hand, the original cast seems to be very excited about the upcoming film. Raven-Symoné shared her excitement in an Instagram post, captioned, "It's happening, and it's CHEETAHLISHIOUS!"
View this post on InstagramWill people tune into Cheetah Girls: Next Gen despite the casting? Will this film inspire a new generation of girls to become singers and dancers, just as the previous films once did? “The Cheetah Girls has always been about friendship, music, and empowering young people to use their voice,” Ayo Davis, president of Disney Kids & Family, said in a statement. “That spirit connected deeply with a generation of fans, and it still resonates today. Bringing this dynamic new group of young stars to the franchise allows us to continue that legacy for a new era of kids and families.”
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