I haven’t had “the talk” at work and I don’t feel like I’m the one that should bring it up, but was there a decree from up high for renaming or did your team discuss it?

I would just caution too that no one speaks on behalf of their whole race, and what people say to you in such a climate is not necessarily what they feel in their heart. It’s interesting that someone would be principally concerned with feeling like they were perceived as fragile.