I’d think it was racial stereotyping if the lead was black.
So there.
I've noticed these days that, whenever the script has a scientist, computer expert, etc, the actor is very likely to be black.
Any deviance from this trend is decried as "racist". Meanwhile, blacks are awarded about 1% of physics PhDs and 1.3% of computer science/engineering PhDs.
They need to recast it immediately to an all-black cast so the Best Picture oscar can be decided.