They do this so you will complain and they can call you racist. They'll torch their whole library of IPs just for that chance. That is all they live for, the castigation of the non-believers.
Most def. There was some internal chatter within WotC that revealed this to be particularly the case, as well. I heard they had an original lore-accurate (ie swarthy, not black) Aragorn ready to go, but some of their people who are even bigger SJWs than your average Seattle-ite convinced them to race swap.
They do this so you will complain and they can call you racist. They'll torch their whole library of IPs just for that chance. That is all they live for, the castigation of the non-believers.
Most def. There was some internal chatter within WotC that revealed this to be particularly the case, as well. I heard they had an original lore-accurate (ie swarthy, not black) Aragorn ready to go, but some of their people who are even bigger SJWs than your average Seattle-ite convinced them to race swap.