Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-14909251-20150216234945

LiveandSound wrote: ^Aren't black people brown though?

And Raynh: Regarding Fox, I think he's...eh, "in-between", whatever you may call that. It's not really an accurate descriptor, admittedly, as people of primarily Sub-Saharan African descent can run the gamut from tan to black. However, people usually use "brown" to refer to darker-skinned people from elsewhere in the world. Some peoples in South-east Asia and the Pacific bear a strong resemblance to people from Sub-Saharan Africa and may thus be seen as black, but basically my point is that I think Emerald is not meant to allude to someone who would be considered to be of Sub-Saharan African descent.

ChishioKunrin wrote:

I guess we could all just agree to disagree by saying Emerald is the first person of color in RWBY. Everyone is a person of color. White is a color.