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The lore had nothing to do with racism or lack of diversity, but instead the greed of a set of folks hoping to get their hands on someone's inheritance.
They changed a number as noted in the changes. This change actually goes against their canon. Their titles were changed by the citizens in order to attempt to inherit the chance of Pollnivneach's mayor. The mayor of Pollniveach left a person named' Ali with his fortune.' However, nobody claimed the luck. Since nobody claimed the fortune, the taxpayers legally changed their titles to Ali. In fact, it could become convention in Pollniveach to name their kids Ali.
While Jagex did Reddit user VapeNationKleiner detailed that they shifted'A primitive warrior' into'A warrior' Other changes include'Jungle savage' into'Jungle dweller,' and'An native of the Kharazi Jungle' into'A native.'
Other NPCs in the Kharidian Desert"had their name changed by'Ali' to reflect the diverse selection of titles we see in actual life." They also detailed that"a conversation in the Kindred Spirits quest has been altered to eliminate unintended crime" Jagex explains the reason for these modifications is to do"a better job of fostering diversity in match "
Runescape programmer Jagex released notes that were patched that this past Monday highlighting a heap of changes. In this"Diversity Improvements" section Jagex clarifies they'll be removing the phrase"Gypsy" out of Runescape game since it"could be interpreted as a racial slur." They are also changing NPC titles in Karamja to buy runescape mobile gold give them"more appropriate titles."