The re-imagining of white characters as non-white ones, like Johnny Storm in the upcoming FF movie, left me wondering. Just like the thread title asks, which white characters wouldn't make sense as non-white ones?
I realize some won't be able to help but say nearly, if not all of them. One alright argument I've read once for keeping Batman white is because he belongs to old money,though that part could easily be ignored if you wanted a non-white Batman imo.
I don't really have a problem turning white characters into minorities, for the most part. We have an abundance of white protagonists as it is, and the vast majority were designed to be white mostly because of racial bias and the predominently white mainstream crowd's need for "relatable" characters (not that other races aren't also guilty of that). Turning iconic minorities into white ones, on the other hand, is problematic, because we get too few minorities, especially female ones, in non-stereotypical roles. Making Nilin from the Remember Me game white would just help maintain (or should I say restore) the status quo. Though making her Asian, Arab, or any other non-white ethnicity could be okay, but I'm fond of her design, so I'd keep her as she is.