My own comments take um or leave um:

Denm: I could see this to a degree, but whenever I think of racial modification its always been in a comidec sense (white chicks, Soul Man), second as a writer, I tend to have difficulty writing what I can't envision. I've dated more then my share of white girls, and honestly I couldn't make any of them pass as asain or black. To add to that I have an asain and a Northern Euro White fetish (irish, viking etc) when it comes to ethnic. If the focus of the story was to be on the racial aspect then there would have to be a draw to that ethnicity and anyone that is paticularlly attracted to one has specific reasons and another race really can't pass for it when it comes to that. Second of all, its been scientificly examined that people of one race have difficult identifing people of different races. "All asians look alike, all blacks look alike, all you white folks look alike" I've heard from each side to each color. Its just extremely challanging to write as well as a rather uncommon fetish.

Other: As far as all the "racist" stero types. When you write you paint a pictures and its a challange to do. It's much easyer to paint a picture using a stero type and ahereing to that sterotype to maintain a character. Its not racist its a character. There sterotypes for a reason they happen alot. I don't see anyone whining about all the story's about the rich white preppy spoiled rich girls. OR all the naught catholic scoolgirls or the stupid souther white hick or hillybilly. Next thing where gonna hear is people wanting a story banned cause it uses the word nigger. Sterotype's are used to simply and add a common understandable vision to the character. Is every Black person a pimp gansta, hell no. Is ever Black person a drug dealer? no. Is every mexican in california a wet back? no. If you want to see a character in another role other then a stero type write it.