I really like the new sprites and protagonists (Lucia and the white boy - which I didn't get the name if it was given - are my favorites), but while I agree that it is a good idea to let people have more choices on their looks ingame, since it is representative of themselves, I don't really believe that there should be any "quota" of representation of any kind of minority, whether it's in movies, tv shows, or whatever else you could think of.
I know in France, there are lots of discussions about this, such as "only 5% of tv presenters are black/arabic/...", or "there should be a 50/50 male a