Oh man... why is it uncomfortable? Not everything needs to show everybody
Because, I live in a global world. I have friends from various ethnicities. We play D&D.
and if you are doing US demos, majority should be white, sheesh.
Majority? I am looking at
Wikipedia. The US has odd ethnic categories for historical and legal reasons.
The United States is about 62% "White" (an American pan-ethnicity). But this includes about 4% Latino White, 1% "Middle Eastern" (various ethnicities), and whoever 38% "Other" are.
Say around 60% of the US is Pan-European White. That is a majority, but not a defining majority. 40% of potential customers arent. 40% of potential friends arent.
African (an American Pan-African ethnicity) is about 12%
"Asian" (very many diverse ethnicities) about 6%.
Indigenous about 1%.
Other about 9%.
"Multiracial" about 10%.
If there is a picture with five US characters, maybe three are White, but two wont be.
I feel one should never ignore the majority. But it is good to make room for minorities, and even overrepresent them, especially in a fantasy game, where the minorities can offer interesting perspectives.
Out of five characters in a US fantasy game, probably two are White, even with a majority demographic in mind. One will probably be African American, one Asian American, and the fifth a choice of other, perhaps Indigenous.
The US is ethnically diverse.
This is just a glance. With a 100 pages of illustrations, the representation can become more inclusive, with better resolution of the diversities within each group.
And I don't even see this as "all white", they are left a bit ambiguous, which is nice.
Both women look clearly White. The man sitting has blond hair. The man standing is probably White.
And, yes a white male being included is fine, they are still the majority of the d&d player base.
Honestly. To prevent a backlash, the US entertainment industry does well to remember its White male customers. And. Be more inclusive of other identities.
That is very American centric.
Yes. Intentionally. It is a US company, whose customers are mostly Americans. Plus, the US is ethnically diverse, so there is some outreach.