Triggered foreign nationals crying "woke" over American IP--What Else is New?
Aaliyah played the "queen" in Queen of the Damned. No one cared, because in the end, the most important characters in these books were Lestat and Marius.
Another reason why nobody cared is that back then, we didn't have an internet where low lives from the UK, Australia, Asia and other parts of the world could try to spread white supremacism and misogyny by registering in huge numbers on forums pretending to be Americans offended by "wokeness." Americans could enjoy their entertainment in peace without hearing feedback from foreign low lives weighing in.
Oh, BTW, you trolls aren't fooling anyone with your phony baloney, "I'm such a fan of these books, and I hate how woke it is..." Right, a series that's literally one long homoerotic story between male vampires has suddenly gone "woke." Try at least reading about an American IP beyond a synopsis on Wikipedia before trying to pass yourself off as a longtime fan. At least give yourselves a fighting chance at passing for one of us.