I want to believe that a lot of characters of African descent are illustrated with lighter color eyes simply to enhance the contrast for the artwork's sake but I think it would behoove some of the big-wigs, especially in the larger companies like Marvel & DC, to make sure that the use of lighter colors is justified...because I've read many a' article about applying more caucasian characteristics to better "mainstream" black, asian, latino, etc. heroes and although many of those arguments are pretty extreme, they're also compelling. Storm is usually at the center of the controversy because of the white hair and blue eyes but I'd bet Gentle would factor into their thesis as well.