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"They can’t make Pocahontas white because Pocahontas is based off of a real person with the same name (well it was her nickname but whatever). "

You know, I always get annoyed with that rationale, about how they can't change Pocahontas's ethnicity due to be real-world based. Let's not forget about Hamilton (which you ought to know about, since Lin-Manuel Miranda helmed that POC musical). Despite being based on the founding of our country of America, and specifically having Alexander Hamilton as the main protagonist, they changed up all the principal characters to be a bunch of minorities, not white, even though they were actually white in real history. Or how about 12 Strong, which dealt with the Horse Riders in Afghanistan and their exploits during the War on Terror? Two of the guys in the unit got their ethnicities changed simply to push diversity points, despite them being white in real life. If they could do that, they most certainly can change Pocahontas's ethnicity (heck, forget turning her white, they could even make her Chinese or Black).