Excellent question since that seems to be the position everyone opposed to this new character is taking. "There's already too many white guys," etc.
They're thinking in terms of diversifying the recent additions to the franchise and making theirs stand out. There's been 3 female MCs in the past few years. So, they went male.
Now if you want to question why they chose to make them white, go for it. But as far as them being male goes? That makes perfect sense.
if you're able to convince yourself that this is "diversifying", then congratulations. you will enjoy this corporate wokeness world.
You can't balance literally centuries of men being the focus of the majority of stories by switching to a 1:1 ratio. true balance would mean allowing women to dominate narratives for a time, and accepting that there's nothing wrong with that.
Anyways, I never expected that out of this industry or any other. This whole thing is just such a nakedly cowardly response. at least lie and say you're specifically excited about the character for one reason or another, not that their creation was literally reactionary.