I was always a little confused by the insistence that Noelle must be non-white/mixed if drawn as a human due to her fur being light brown, because her hair is also blonde and blonde hair is a European trait and no one ever brings that up. I then learned that while about a third of American women have blonde hair only 4% are naturally blonde, so 80-90% of American blondes are fakes. I didn't consider the possibility that Noelle could naturally have dark hair and then dye it blonde but apparently that's the norm.