Empires that are large are usually cool like that.
Many of the top people in large empires aren't the same race or culture of the original people.
The caliphates had many groups not from the ruling elite's ethnic groups gaining high positions.
The romans had warriors and leaders of many different origins.
The mongol empire had and frequently used different ethnic groups in their armies and their leaders race-mixed with the locals.
Empires tend to be more colorful in order to control more land, its a natural effect of owning a lot of land.