It's not about race. It's about getting shit right. If someone made a Black Panther, but cast a white guy, people would be up in arms. If someone decided to do a remake of "Desperado", but cast a white dude, people would shit them pants.
It's about smart casting choices. Staying true to the character. I have no real serious issue with Sam Jackson as Nick Fury, however, Nick Fury wasn't black. I understand they've basically written Samuel L. Jackson into the comics now as some kind of contrived "black son we never knew about" nonsense, or whatever. But the fact is, Nick Fury was an older white guy. There are plenty of great black characters in comic books. Maybe they should use them, like they did with Falcon in the second Cap. film. If they felt like they "needed a black guy" in the Fantastic Four, instead of randomly and nonsensically making Johnny Storm, whose sister is still going to be white to my understanding, black just because, is silly. Instead, why not introduce Black Panther, a character who was originally introduced IN the FF comics? He's a great character, a bad ass, and he would work really well.
It's that kind of thing. It's just sloppy. It isn't just race. Casting a natural blonde as a redhead, or a brunette as a redhead, or a redhead as a blonde, etc........it's just dumb casting. There are plenty of examples beyond even just physical aesthetics. It just boils down to Hollywood studios not really caring about accuracy to source material.
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