These people would be shitting blood with fury if the devs ever depicted an African mythology deity as white or Asian.

As they should. If they came out with a game about the Trimurti and one of them was a white guy with an American accent I'd be insulted, and I'm not Indian. I don't want other cultures corrupted to be more appealing to me. It suggests that I either do or should only care about things that look like me, which is a super shitty way to live.