>>3771284 (OP)if you're going to insert minorities, why still make Ancient Greece 80% white?
Why not just go all the way and give it the demographics of the whole world, with a third Chinese or Indian?
That would've been making a real statement that race doesn't matter.
To me, inserting minorities but making Ancient Greece overwhelmingly white is a kind of political compromise. You keep it as a "white" story but can say you checked some boxes and had representation.
It would've been braver to either 1) be historically accurate; or 2) have the courage of your convictions, say race doesn't matter, and go all the way.
Hamilton took another path, making all the Americans non-white to make a point. This seemed to anger people a lot less than what Nolan did, I think in part because the path he took was the least courageous and interesting.