i raise!
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=448279
Saints Row is the most progressive game on the market.
You change your gender/race and your friends and enemies don't give a shit. "There's something different about you. Change your hair? I like it."
You have people of all races in the city, but on top of this, gangs are gender and race agnostic.
You have a gang called the Ronin which is a Japanese gang tied to the yakuza in Japan, and when you fight Ronin, most of the Ronin tend to be white blondes from suburbia more so than Asian people, which is hilarious. And you'll have women in gangs too, wrecking shit up.
In fact, if you have a female Boss in Saints Row 2, I'd go as far as to say, aside from Shepard in Mass Effect, is THE strongest female lead character in all of gaming.