I suppose the fear of being called racist is why they've only made 5 different toys of Zercora (a regular brushable, a blind bag size, an Equestria Girls doll, a build a bear plush, a POP template figure)
I mean, zebras are from Africa so it's appropriate to give her a kind of tribal style, what if they went and made her a sassy black pony who don't need no man?
According to Lauren Faust she was intended to be like a mentor character to the ponies but I guess because of the sjws they've never really been able to use her as a character, because she's only been in like 11 episodes and only a main character in like, 2
(Fun fact: the word Zecora means "zebra" in Oromo)