Ruth, I agree that others' points of view need to be considered, but that does not necessarily mean that we should alter something to accommodate them.

Let me draw a parallel with another tradition: in a number of Mediterranean countries there is a custom of religious parades of people dressed in robes, wearing tall pointed hoods with eye holes:

Penitentes in Seville

I speculate that is an image that some people, especially perhaps African-Americans, might be uncomfortable with. Should the penitentes change their tradition just because their costume has been misappropriated?