Well, if Bond were black, I don't think Live and Let Die would have

[Wounded Bear]

8. Well, I think back to a lesser known film adaptation...

of a Shakespeare script: Much Ado About Nothing wherein Denzel Washington plays Italian Count Don Pedro.

I must admit, when I first saw him I was taken back a bit. My nascent racist was confused, as I'm sure there probably weren't any black royalty in medieval Italy. But my progressive side took over and I enjoyed the treatment. Not a badly done movie adaptation, something that Kenneth Branagh has made a bit of a career of. Of course, it helps that Denzel is a pretty good actor. There are only one or two black characters anywhere in Shakespeare.

As for a black James Bond? Read all of the original books, have watched quite a few of the movies. This disturbs me not at all.