Thanks.
What my personal view is, is that we already have prominent characters at Marvel and DC who address socio-political issues involving black people. I don't have any complaint about them. I don't personally like those characters, but that's just my taste. It's cool that they're out there for people who want that stuff. What I would really not like is for an expectation to develop (and I think one already has) for every black character to need to do this because they're black. First of all, I don't believe it's necessary. Despite what some entertainment may present, not all black people are constantly caught up in a never ending struggle with white people or a system that holds them down. I suppose some people could take a macro viewpoint and see things like that, but not everyone does, or at least they're not all thinking about it all the time. There isn't one singular black view.
There are readers out there who just want basic escapism from black characters, and they just don't see dealing with socio-political issues as desirable escapism, and it gets repetitive when you keep on seeing it, and an undesirable trend starts to develop. Those people should have an "out", so to speak. Some people just want science fiction super hero stories from Cyborg, and I understand that. I don't think that inherently means the stories need to be dumbed down, watered down, or not legit.
From what I know of him, I'm almost certain Coates would bring in a bunch of "black issues". I would be stunned if he didn't. Would that be a good thing for Cyborg? Well, it's all up to opinion, of course, but I don't think so. If he wants to write stories like that, Black Lightning would probably be a better fit.