I honestly don't care about the religion, colour or anything inbetween, just make an interesting character and a story that makes sense. If it's a game solely designed around batting you over the head with socital issues then nah, not for me. I don't buy games to be taught common sense or "how not to be racist" ect, i buy games to have fun and get sucked into a really good story.
For a start, i'm not racist or ignorant about other cultures to begin with, so when a game does something like this i feel as if i'm being pre-judged because my skin is white. I know i know, boo hoo white person problems but we aren't all evil sadists who get a kick out of hating someone because they were born in another part of the world or have a different religion with different cultural norms.
That word "culture" really grates on me though especially when i get told to "respect everyones culture". It's like, no? My culture has been to grow up to question everything and stick to my guns when something clashes with mine on a personal level. For example, a culture which bans women from driving or forced marriages ect? No, i will not respect or tolerate that, that goes against everything i grew up with.
Politics too, get it to fuck out of my games or i won't buy them. I suppose culture and politics go hand in hand but i always though gaming was a culture of it's own that transcended all that bullshit. We're here to have fun and play games with each other, and that is all.
So, make any character you like, be it black, white, purple or whatever, i don't care as long as the story makes sense and doesn't try to preach some bullshit to me. Theres a time and a place for that, and it's not while trying to unwind and enjoy a game or a $500 console i bought. I get it, i'm in a majority race and there are legitimate issues that minorities have to deal with that i probably have never had to deal with, but there are other ways to go about that and wrecking havoc on someone elses hobby or form of entertainment will not change that, only making the divisions worse.
The end.