If only the Chrome engineering team had actually been behind this work, they would have run it past the Diversity and Inclusion team which would have bounced it

If only the Chrome engineering team had actually been behind this work, they would have run it past the Diversity and Inclusion team which would have bounced it back for changes on account of the very point you bring up. Avoiding alienating audiences that don't think like the author of any given piece of content is one of their first class goals.