No. She was not. It was debunked. The original author used his wife. His wife never went from white to black, so sure it's a problem. It's only a marketing thing.
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It's a problem when the character is based on a real life person + it's only marketing.
"Look we race swapped this character. You're happy right? Because we won't create an original black character!"