By Yelena Mandenberg & Yelena Mandenberg Simone Brown, a 30-year-old from Maryland, loved Disney princesses as a child but noticed the lack of princesses that looked like her. She was thrilled to play Cinderella in her school play when she was in the 6th grade, even though the role was usually given to older students. However, she could sense some people didn’t approve of a Black Cinderella. She recalls: “My mum had volunteered to help with makeup for the shows, and she overheard (some) students … saying something along the lines of wishing something bad happened to me so I wouldn’t get to p…