You’re right.
But, damn near anything that’s said with mean intent about a visible minority long enough becomes a slur. So it is something of a game of whack-a-mole that continuously removes words from the language as collateral damage.
I personally think people should just stop being mean entirely, slurs or not.




Technically you only need a launch tower designed in such a way that none of its shrapnel damages the rocket.
And we have the materials science for the plate.