It was "settled" in that we're all agreed it's obviously incredibly stupid but not worth fighting over and getting called racist.
The good news is that "master vs mainline" was so embarrassing that even the people who push this stuff realized they overreached and have settled down since.
You seem to misunderstand. My objections to the change are minimal. It is the incompleteness of the change that is remarkable.
The comment I'd make is that this appears to have been settled nearly eight years ago in this particular context, and that maybe you should give it a rest.