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Just curious: how'd you feel if they literally and publicly role the dice for any character where race or gender isn't required for the plot?
I'm fairly sure cyanide and happiness do that for their comics.
Ridley Scott in the original Alien movie literally did that. The names of the characters sound gender neutral, and the production hired actors who would just seem good fit for the role. Now that I think about it, the race and gender of the crew did not matter in the plot, because the main character and attraction is the Alien!
I don't know if that's true for The Thing, but the names certainly seem race-neutral (although an all-male cast).
If there's no actual reason for them being a particular race, skin tone, gender, orientation, etc then go for it. I can't really see a reason to be upset at this hypothetical.