>it’s pretty obvious that changing the name is more defensible and the better long-term approach.

Is it the better long-term approach? If you give in to a vocal minority what is stopping them from trying to change something else? Git means "an unpleasant or contemptible person". Surely that could be construed as offensive. What happens when / if a vocal minority decides Git and Github need to change their name? Should Github just change their name to prevent backlash?

Not to mention it appears to be mostly white people pushing this change, not even the alleged victims.