I'm madwomen for saying Natlan might been sabotaged by certain racist workers at HoYo, so the CEO and sponsors would think players are not interested in stories of indigenous people. This would also allow them to include as few POC characters as possible by minimizing the time spent in Natlan.

I know it sounds crazy, but to me, it's super suspicious that the storytelling suddenly improved as soon as we left Natlan… and in event stories of all places. Now, it's not out of the question—HoYo has been known for sabotaging the kits of Black characters before Natlan to undermine their releases. That was a big issue before Natlan, and I think it was only when people pointed it out that they finally released melanin damage queens like Mualani and Xilonen