Character Creation Has A Race Problem

[Iscah]

If not, why does anime and JRPGs often depict Caucasian looking characters? Is it racism, bias or Japan simply not actually seeing them as Japanese, White, Black or any other real world race? The former two are assumptions, by the way. The latter has been stated outright by numerous artists.

As I linked earlier, Japanese people apparently do see these characters as Japanese (unless context indicates that they aren't). They're just drawn in a way that Western viewers perceive as Caucasian.