i totally get you...i'm sure the people of the north are nice...except those twats that like/play in nsbm bands...there's nothing that i hate more than racism.
here in israel as it is kind of a melting pot of jewish people of different origins, we do have pale and dark, blond black brown and red hair, brown, black blue green grey eyes...and pretty much everything in between.
here the tendency is to pick someone who's different than you...it's perfectly normal to find something different or unusal as exotic.
I was born in the ukraine and have romanian and german roots in my past...i'm pretty pale but blackhaired and brown eyes my gf is yemenite
of course we do have blonde people here, but it's not usual. the most common color of hair is brown or black.
for the eyes, blue eyes are quite common, brown is the norm and green are very unsual.
it's easier to find a brown haired person even with light eyes than a blond person in general (of course i'm speaking of a natural blond), and it's quite weird for me seeing some nordic guys or girls that dye their hair with dark colours because here is the exact opposite