in most circumstances, white people want to read about white people, and I stress MOST. the same goes for any race. it might be because the reader can relate better, but I don't know. the reason the books with a black protagonist don't sell is because most black people don't read! I know this because I'm in honors level classes and there are no black people. they just care about getting theirs from us white folk. so, yeah, I'm not being racist. I'm telling the truth about what I see.