well the problem is the people who have problems with. its not worth noticing. unless you are bigots you dont need to take note of it. it completely passed me by until several threads complaining about it. the problem is in the minds of the complainers, add in also that if there were NO minority group characters, someone of those minority activist groups who dont even play, would go to the press raving about how racist/anti-LBGT/male chauvinist bungie are and offend you all by claiming you must all be too because you gave bungie money and play the game, or even frequent the forum. THATS ramming it down your throat. bungie are trying to avoid giving an opportunity to people like those women (anti-transexual) who tried to take over the london pride march with slogans like men cant be lesbians/women or whatever their beef is with trans people either post or pre op (not sure which; sounds more like they were anti men than anything else).