All depends on how any term is used (the context!). Used to discriminate or say something bad, ex: “<this color skin people> are annoying“, of course it’d be d

All depends on how any term is used (the context!). Used to discriminate or say something bad, ex: “<this color skin people> are annoying“, of course it’d be derogatory. For this headline, it’s trying to capture the right small group(s) of people affected by layoffs - ok!