I'm in the "Why is this a question?" camp. However, some people at the table I play at think it's weird or unusual. It's not unusual to find people who think it's weird. I think it's weird that they think it's weird, though.
Some people are really picky about this, however. There were people who were upset about Star Wars: The Force Awakens because they felt there was no point-of-view character for them (white males) to relate to because it was largely about Finn and Rey. There are people who don't play roleplaying games because they don't like to imagine themselves as other people. Matt Colville talks about this briefly in his Roleplaying video and says that people have said to his face that imagining yourself as someone else is a sign of weakness(!). There are people who won't read books or play video games if the POV character isn't their race (meaning skin tone) or their gender. It's not something exclusive to white males, either, and it's one reason why diversity in movies is important. Media needs to represent everyone, even people whose identity is very tightly integrated with their demographics.
For myself, I'm happy to imagine that I'm someone else.