anyone else take issue with white VAs voicing black characters?

perhaps im reading too much into this, but when i hear a black character in a game or movie being played by a white actor, it just feels wrong. hearing nolan north voice romeo in odst, hearing him put on a black sounding voice, it just made me feel uncomfortable. to me its one step above actors performing in blackface. does anyone else feel the same way? again perhaps im reading too far into this but im curious to see what you guys think.
 
edit: judging from your comments you guys have no issue with people of any race or gender voicing any type of character. it seems i was just reading a bit too much into this. ah well.

no. I take no issue
 
If a purple dinosaur and a white guy in a black helmet can be voiced by a black man, 
Then why wouldn't it be ok for a white man to voice a black character?

Who cares? 

Absolutely, but not quite to the blackface level. Or worse, British black VA's trying to sound like American street thugs (that one single black guy in Heavy Rain) -- WAY too false and cartoony sounding. As if white British folks trying to sound like white American folks wasn't bad enough (everybody else Heavy Rain).
 
White Americans sound more like Black Americans than Black British sound like Black Americans.

Err...no...

so? Phil Lamarr voiced Vamp in metal gear solid...

So by this reasoning, you should take issue with Kratos being voiced by a black dude.  That said, who cares?  Unless the character is supposed to be heavily accented from one of the race's native tongues, just about anyone would be fine.

Does it matter? Women voice men, men voice children, women voice children. Whatever voice works the best I'd say.

Nope, don't have a problem with it.

I have to agree with everyone else if they're competent then I don't care what race they are.

kratos skin tonne was somewhat dark though before his origin story, if you recall. not that it matters.

Meh...grown women voice little boys in cartoons, Europeans voice Americans in Heavy Rain...I'm not at all bothered by it. If it sounds totally wrong, sure it is a bad design choice. But it doesn't offend me or anything, nor should it.

" to me its one step above actors performing in blackface. "

It's not really that bad, as long as the dude isn't trying to impersonate a stereotypical black bloke. I mean, I used to think the singer to Living Colour was white until I saw one of their music video's. People are people, not really much to diversify that fact.

 Why couldn't avatar use blue people for VOs? Blueface in 2010 I thought we were above this.

i don't mind it as long as they aren't playing some black stereotype. i don't really like it much when black actors play a black stereotype either.

I have no issue with this. A black guy (Terrence C. Carson) voices Kratos, and last time I checked, Kratos was white. You can't have it one way; it goes both ways.

Just like Kratos.

" @ZanzibarBreeze: like a bisexual! "

It's all about talent, not the man.

If they can voice the character well I honestly don't care who does it.

" @MrKlorox: Again, that has to do more with accents.  Not everyone sounds like a stereotype, regardless of race. "

Races don't have genetically distinct voice boxes divided by race. There is no type of voice you can only get from one race, there are merely types of voices you associate most with certain races and that's just because of culture and language. James Earl Jones is the only cat on earth who sounds the way he does. Its not a black thing, its a James Earl Jones thing. Someone like Morgan Freeman, say, could very very easily VO for a middle aged man of just about any race. So could Tom Waits.

Dumb thread is dumb.

Nope. White voice actors can provide voices for all kinds of people. Asians, blacks.
As long as they do a good job, then I don't see any problem.

" I have no issue with this. A black guy (Terrence C. Carson) voices Kratos, and last time I checked, Kratos was white. You can't have it one way; it goes both ways. "

None of you guys have mentioned David Hayter (Solid Snake) voicing a black guy, Zasalamel in Soul Calibur!!

No... Nor do I have an issue with woman doing the voice for men.

As long as it sounds natural its fine. Its always weird no matter who voices characters to see real people do the voices of beloved characters. When I first saw the cast of the Simpson's blew my mind 

I agree with OP, if you have a british character then don't get some American VA with a fake british accent. The same applies to races, it annoys the hell out of me when I see an ethnic character voiced by someone outside of their ethnicity.