Kids and guns

Did you know that they deliberately left Master Chief's race a mystery in the game? I heard one of the creators speaking about it in an interview. He said it allowed the player's imagination to put themselves in the suit no matter who they are. There are some overtones that lead many people to believe he's white, but mostly is a generic, butt-whoopin' military elite. He could be Samoan like the Rock for that matter (did you know that ol' Dwayne Johnson isn't black?)