Race doesn't bother me. What did bother me was the old "the evil defense corporations conspire with the SecDef to restart the Cold War" cliched leftism. So I stopped watching it at that point.
Accurate casting is a sore point for books I know well.
Much as I dislike him, I thought Baldwin was a better match for the Ryan book character. Ford was a bit too much a swashbuckler for Clancy's book character.
Sort of like Sean Connery (may he RIP) and the weak follow-on Bonds. Some are just better suited.
Race bothers me now, as I have Negro fatigue...