@moglius
Chinese Audiences lashing out against black characters is so ubiquitous and wide spread I could not do justice to its full extent, and therefore refer you to the Human Rights Watch release on the topic. As per Y. Yang et al's 2022 paper, the publishing industry shows "the preference for White skin color in East Asian characters in illustrations ", which "is a reflection of widespread colorism in East Asian countries, which refers to prejudicial and preferential treatment of people solely based on skin tones, with lighter skin evaluated more favorable than dark skin".
(It is necessary to understand that the Han-chinese see themselves as ethnically white, just not "caucasian white", especially in the variant strongly pushed by the current governing body.)
Furthermore, as per Y. Cheng "a relationship between two racially superior/inferior human groups is either implied or demonstrated in the narratives and discourses of such an interaction [between the Chinese and Africans] ".
Also compare the role of skin-whitening cosmetics in the east asian market (Korea too, Japan to a lesser but still significant extent). So whilst I can't find any publicly accessible investor reports of MiHoyo where they detail earnings on each character release (do these even exist in english? If anyone can get those, let me know anyhow), Fipse's theory is more than sound.
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