In my opinion, that would still be within the scope of a possible interpretation, although I'd estimate
Tolkien's idea differently (rather more Anglo-Saxon/Celtic/Germanic/Norse).
By the way, even if it were as hot in
Numenor as in Central Africa or Central America (which is definitely not):
All the descendants of the European immigrants who colonized these areas since the end of the Middle
Ages still don't look like Africans, but like (southern) Europeans. Except when they had mixed with the natives or their then slaves brought from Africa. Such mixtures, however, would fit quite well - according to Tolkien's descriptions - most likely to
Umbar and the further, only vaguely described Numenorian colonies there nearby and further south.
But I have already given up hope that this will be realized even rudimentarily realistically in the series.
They're doing it wrong the other way, too: The black
elf's love interest - who is said to come from the south, from a village named "Tirharad" - is white (though the acress is of Persion descent). It can be assumed that this place is south of
Gondor. A darker skin color would actually have been appropriate for her. And when I look at the corresponding picture from the Vanity Fair article, the flora there doesn't look like
Harad either, but rather typically for New Zealand / Peter-Jackson-Hobbiton and therefore somehow mild and European-like tempered.
For me, this all completely destroys the immersion, and I can say that because I've experienced it on recent fantasy series like The Witcher and Amazon's Wheel of Time.
Anyhow, I think there is no point in delving further into this borderline topic for now, even though it unfortunately had to be brought up due to Amazon's propaganda, fan insults and wokeness policy. (And I'm afraid this will, unfortunately, be cyclical.)
So we're definitely going to get a show where diversity, girl power (I'm sure Xena-Galadriel is just the beginning) and political innuendos are constantly rubbed in our faces. Some will be able to live with it, some will not. But for those who manage to look past that, the question will arise as to whether the plot, the dialogues, the costumes, cgi-effects, the setting, characters, and the atmosphere as a whole will be gripping and deep and in the spirit of Tolkien. In this respect, too, the first trailer was not exciting at all. But in this regard, at least there is still hope that things will get better.