The Princess and the Frog incorporates different races in the movie with the main character and many supporting characters as African Americans in New Orleans.  Throughout the entire Disney movie, Tiana’s main goal is to open her own restaurant, but she does not have enough money.  She is not deliberately trying to find love, although her grandmother tells her that love is more important.  Prince Naveen wants to keep his lifestyle as first class, but his parents are no longer supporting him, so he visits New Orleans to marry a princess with a rich family.  Tiana turns into a frog and Disney still distinguishes races through animals.  

Tiana has a lighter shade of green, almost bluish-green tint to her frog body, while Prince Naveen’s frog body is a darker shade of green.  Tiana’s desire for money seems to be more admirable than Prince Naveen’s desire, which in return, could be the reason why she is a lighter shade of green than the prince.  Having an animal skin tone close to white helps the animal’s acceptance into the swamp.  Tiana’s lighter skin tone as a frog might be a way to distinguish between the female and male frog.  The female animal is usually a lighter color which represents beauty and innocence.  After many requests from friends, Tiana declines all opportunities to dance because she has never danced before.  When they are frogs, Prince Naveen helps Tiana learn to dance.  It is ironic that she does not want to dance because dancing “was a ritual among blacks” and “an expression of freedom, tracing back to the days of slavery” (Mask 189).  The act of dancing tears Tiana away from money, which in turn, set her back from her goal of owning her own restaurant.  

She would rather be successful and independent than dance with her friends and community.  These underlying themes reinforce the racial hierarchy as whites tend to focus on independence and blacks are more focused on family and community.