You say Marley was picked to lead the band because of his white traits. I think bob marley was the best singer of the three. Do i know why Chris Blackwell picked bob over the others? no but it has been well written about and in fact we can ask him, he's alive and running palm records. Bob sung most leads + he was basically the lead singer and so to call the band Bob + the wailers seems logical to me.

now about the colour issue in the music industry in general, you are 100% correct. why does alicia keys get so much more push than angie stone??? sadly you know the answer.