Lack of Diversity in Sailor Moon

Let's be real for a moment: The protectors of our galaxy should not all hail from Japan, nor should they all be light skinned, pale females. We do have the occasional change of skin tone in the anime with characters like Setsuna and Sailor Lead Crow, but for the most part, Sailor Moon is severely lacking in Ethnic diversity. No African based characters, nor Hispanic, or even South East Asians.

The question of the hour: How does this lack of diversity effect you? Is it still too early to modernize these characters and include a more diverse cast?

For the sake of full disclosure (and just so we don't get any defensive arguing) Sailor Moon does a pretty amazing job of representing the LGBTQ community, and a vastly superior job than many other animes of representing the journey of a woman within the medium.

Let's be friends!