re: James Bond is Not a Code Name

All of this is correct.

Bond is white, period.

I have no issue with rebooting characters with other performers regardless of race (so long as they have talent for the role) - for example, the Rock could be the T-100 for a rebooted Terminator, a black actress could play Sarah Connor or Ellen Ripley.

But, as for a character that is "iconically" white (or iconically black [should Matthew McConaughy play Kunta Kinte in a Roots sequel]), that shouldn't be fricked with.