Beverly Hills 90210 meets The Wire

I had a dream about Idris Elba the other night, who played Stringer Bell on The Wire, which led me to peruse the Television Without Pity forum for any interesting post-Wire news, and I was momentarily baffled by all the 90210 talk in The Wire's section.  But lo and behold, it turns out that Tristan Wilds is starring in the new 90210 spinoff (basically in the Jason Priestly/Brandon Walsh role).  Very exciting.  I just might have to catch an episode.  There's some discussion in the TWP forums about whether he's the token minority on the show, with some saying yes and others no because he's the male lead, not just the sidekick.  Interesting issues to think about, but I do hope it's good for his career.  He's a fine actor.