In the video game, players have to collect lotus heads and defeat their sentient adversaries: the Hilichurls, a primitive tribe, portrayed as savages with low intelligence that, according to many Reddit users and Twitteratis, are reminiscent of the indigenous people.
The Hilichurls is also seen dancing around a fire which is very similar to the Native American culture of paying respects to the fire God.
In addition to this sacred cultural reference, miHoYo is also accused of extremely "whitewashing" the game. The game features two villainous dark-skinned characters, and the other characters are often seen making racist remarks about them.
When this issue was raised in HoYoLAB (miHoYo forum for Genshin), a user complained that their post was hidden by the moderators.
