It's one thing to pull this bullshit when the author is around and gives the go-ahead for it. Still absolutely woke crap, but if the author's into that shit then that's his problem.
It's another level of fuckery when the author isn't around anymore to okay this. This is the equivalent of blatantly spitting in Tolkien's face, completely ignoring the VERY clear description of this character's appearance.
And of course it'll be defended as "inclusive", despite the fact that if the roles were reversed, those same assholes would be up in arms over "whitewashing".