If he wasn't a Green Lantern, he wouldn't have a fan base. He'd just be a talking dog, like Mr Tawlky Tawney from Cap Marvel is a talking tiger.
Mr Terrific and the Crimson Avenger in JSA are examples involving black people.
G'Nort hasnt survived anymore than any other non white characters that werent revamps, examples power man, black panther we can go on and on, thats why i think its better to create a black character from scratch rather than revamp an existing one. john stuart and james rhodes were always seen as temporary fill ins as a token no one ever believed they would go on to star in the books forever, james is the black iron man, john is the black green lantern, theyll never be green lantern or iron man. but you take a guy like power man or black panther and they arent considered "the black power man". see my point?
