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Clark Kent, and there is no "race swapping", his race is Kryptonian, giving him a different skin pigmentation should be a non issue.
Yes and no. On the one hand as you said he's a fictional alien character that looks identical to a human and we come in all shapes, sizes and colours. However, the central conceit to Kryptonians is they derive their super powers from a yellow sun. Lighter (pale) skin would mean they can absorb more sunlight surely? I don't know much about Calvin Ellis (other than he's from a different Earth and is US president) nor anything about Val-Zod. But they sound like radically different characters to the Clark Kent iteration who's more of an every man. So it's probably likely they'll go with him. Especially as this is meant to be a reboot.
Ta-Nehisi Coates is a great writer despite being a divisive figure who's made some rather contentious statements. People seem to be split 50/50 on his Black Panther and Captain America runs. His Superman story might be more similar to Ang Lee's Hulk in it being a more psychological or intellectual in its approach. He's obviously going to bring a more deconstructionist/social justice agenda to it. We'll see how that goes. As long as J.J. Abrams only does a 'flyby' (one film) rather than directing several (as making a successful franchise seems a mission impossible for him) it could work.