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I am not personally offended by this terminology.

Yes, I have been told that more than once. Usually in requests to address the issue as quietly as possible. It’s always been in the context of new development rather than a request to retrofit older systems), but I don’t know if that’s self-censoring or indifference.

We aren’t talking about cultural appropriation, so why bring it up?

This is about an under-represented group (in tech) subject to current-day prejudice. That’s not irrelevant to how the language is received.

Half my ancestors (English) brutally oppressed the other half (Irish and Scottish). None of that oppression is part of my current day experience. But this isn’t true for Black Americans.