I thought it would be a simple thing, I express my issue and maybe get a response from the game, maybe not. That would be it.
So, let's break down your OP so you can see where you made a thing, where there should have been no thing.
Let me begin by saying I really enjoy this game. My son downloaded it on my phone and said "here, try this" and I was hooked.
Good start, but the obvious, say something nice before you say what you really want to say. Ok, whatever.
My only real complaint has been the lack of diversity. I was really excited when i found my first portrait in the Archaeology Event, an Indian woman like myself! Only she looked white. I even joked in my guild that she must be a Brahmin because she was so pale. I just ignored it.
For me, this is where you start to go off the rails. Admittedly, I am not up on the latest pecking order of the Indian caste system, but on the one hand, you acknowledge there are, in fact, Indian women who look like this, but it certainly sounds as if the Brahmin skin tone is not quite to your liking. Somehow, not quite legit Indian. So clearly there's a problem.
Then I saw another portrait from the event, same pale skin. These women look like white women dressed up to go to an Indian woman's wedding! (The only reason I can safely think of for them to be dressed like that outside of cultural appropriation) Have any of you actually taken the time to look at an Indian woman? We come in a rainbow of shades, but very few are glowing white.
And this is where your train went FLYING off the tracks, right off the bridge, meeting a horrible death at the bottom of the ravine. As you can see by my responses, I'd left your wrecked train, the moment I saw it going off the rails.
These women look like white women. No longer Brahmin even, nope full on white. The evil white, the demon white. 'Dressed up' (fake, phony) going to an Indian woman's wedding (the real, genuine Indian, not some fake or a Brahmin). Must be going to a wedding or it must be Cultural Appropriation. Seriously, what the hell does that mean anyway? Do your 'white' kids wear jeans? Do you? Ever? Ever cook a hot dog at a cook out? You didn't make those.
BTW - I love curry, when I can find an Indian restaurant that uses authentic recipes and makes them right. How do I know when I've found one? A healthy smattering of patrons of Indian ethnicity. You know what? Because I like curry so much and know my way around the kitchen, I've got several cookbooks of just curry recipes. And evil me, I cook curries at home and have even served curries to my friends and family!!! "Holy Imperialism Batman!" Just stop. It's stupid.
Yeah, start calling names, using racial terms as racial slurs and I'm out. "But I can't be racist, I'm a woman of color!" Sorry love, you're racial bias is shining bright. As bright as that Brahmin skin you love so much.
One of the aspects that drew me to this game was it's apparent appreciation for history and culture. The white washing is in complete opposition to that spirit.
And just to make sure the train bursts into flames upon impact, you give us this gem. What has this little nugget revealed about you?
White washing - Other than the obvious race baiting and name calling, with one dumb phrase you have just assumed the artist is white (I'll leave the caps in your mind, but they're there), at least NOT a person of color. A person lacking in melanin with evil motives, the motive of whitewashing.
Again, what the hell does that mean? The artist finished and Tom Sawyer had a go with some milk and a brush?
No, you assume, assume, assume. Assume they're white, assume they have evil motives, then drop in here to project YOUR racial issues and biases onto others you don't know and rally support behind your projection. You've assigned a shade of melanin to the artist in your mind. Then, based on your assumed melanin levels, you ascribe evil intent and motive to the skin tone of the Indians represented by the assumed 'melanin challenged artist' in their artwork. A skin tone you admit exists in your culture, albeit to a lesser extent than those with darker tones. But no, the evil white artist must be guilty of white washing, because hey, you said so and there's some virtue that needs signaling.
Let's bottom line this for the kiddies out there.
You, took a look at two images, projected a race onto the artists with no evidence, then ascribed evil motive and intent to the artists based on the skin tone represented in their artwork. I'm not sure where you went to school, but when I learned to speak, a racist was a person who projected negative thoughts, emotions, intent, motives, etc. onto another person simply because of their skin color. You're pretty much textbook racist here.
I'm not buying into your racism, cultural appropriation, virtue signaling, whatever, butt hurt. No.
I propose that you add diversity to the skin colors.
So, let's say this is indeed what you want. A position I support and take no issue with. How could you have worded your proposal to get my support. The support of an ordinary person who has obviously had enough of your obviously over educated BS. "Professing themselves to be wise, became fools" Rom 1:22
Let me begin by saying I really enjoy this game. My son downloaded it onto my phone and said, "Here, try this," and I was hooked.
My only real complaint has been the lack of diversity in the avatars. I was excited when I found my first portrait in the Archaeology Event, an Indian woman like me! Only she didn't really look like me, she looked more Brahmin because she was so pale.
Then I saw another portrait from the event, another Indian with same pale skin. As a large and diverse culture, Indians come in a rainbow of shades, with very few glowing white like the Brahmin people represented. I propose that you add additional avatars of Indian men and women with darker skin tones to more accurately represent the true diversity of skin tones across the Indian culture.
Had you worded it this way, without the name calling, race baiting, cultural appropriation crap, had you NOT projected evil motive and intent onto others, and all the rest, you would have gotten my full support. But when you shout your own racism in the proposal right out of the gate?
Sorry, not buying into issues from your imagination.
P.S. I have just rewritten your proposal for you, you just need to put it into the proper format. My recommendation, make a graceful exit, let this thread die. Come back next week with a properly formatted proposal without the name calling, virtue signalling, race baiting, and butt hurt, and prepare for easy support with minimal fuss. Or not. Up to you.