>>29169582some dark-skinned people are drawn with clearly curly or kinky hair, like lenora, grant, the female scientist from kalos, the male artist from kalos, the artist probably does this to make clear they're supposed to be black people
olivia has straight hair, it's impossible to know if she is supposed to be a black woman (with straightened hair) or just an ambiguous dark brown girl like many native hawaiians, bangladeshis and indians