The problem is the story was written by shitheads. Her name is a reference to how “fair” her skin was, being white as snow with lips as red as blood and hair as black as ebony. This was a standard of beauty in 19th century Germany. That characterization is problematic in a global market with various standards of beauty.

So the racist shitheads have a quasi-valid point that the modern reimagining of a racist (and misogynist) source fairy tale isn’t quite as racist as the previous reimagining.

But the real question is why we’re reimagining old, racist fairy tales?

I think it’s a marketing thing. They want to provoke culture war bullshit. It’s a bold strategy cotton, let’s see how it works out for them.