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“We call on MiHoYo to stop cultural appropriation and whitewashing in their games and to commit to respectful and accurate representation of all cultures,” begins the petition. So far, over 67K people have signed the community’s demands to heal the damage of “harmful stereotypes.” The asks for MiHoYo to engage with indigenous cultural consultants, revise existing content to unsure accurate representation, and to commit to creating diverse and inclusive characters.

The discourse is not limited to just the petition though, as plenty of voice actors have been speaking up against MiHoYo in the past few weeks. , a voice actor who plays Dehya in Genshin and Yanqing in Honkai Star Rail has said that “politely asking to see more accuracy in a portrayed culture is not a ‘forced agenda’,” while (Beidou in Genshina and Acheron in HSR) has said that “it’s just disappointing” when minorities are not represented properly. The discourse is a build up of aggravations that were catalysed by the reveal of the Natlan region.

Inspired by both African and Latin American culture and geography, yet predominantly featuring white characters. Take , for example, an ancient Yoruba deity. With roots in West African mythology, they are indisputably black, and should be characterised as such.

Genshin’s portrayal (below, right) is just a disrespec.