[suzdude]

> It's not flattering to the US

There's such a long list of things one could say that about.

In this instance the "representation matters" thought process seems to bear out.

Folks talk about aspiring to role models who look like them. People also react strongly when this sort of thing happens to someone who looks like them.

[stavros]

The problem is that you can slice representation every which way. It could be "I only identify with 6'3" males who live in Idaho and like trains", or it could be "I identify with humans".

The fact that US culture chooses to identify with people of the same colour is telling, though I don't know, maybe that's a human thing and my country is too homogeneous for me to think otherwise.