And so if you think carefully about the fact it's a term used to refer to a group of people who might be the only ones who's opinion on whether they're okay with it matters, but also how it's not a commonly used programming term...

I mean it must be pretty awful for Slavic people to realize that "slave" comes from their name in English/Latin and they are by default viewed in a biased way. Similarly how Slovenes and the word "slovenly" go along.