I'm not all that well versed in that race other than they are space monkeys coming from Star Frontiers I believe and they were scooped up by WOTC and people are losing their shit because they are supposedly racist. AFAIK it's because there could be seen allegories between their story and the history of slavery, which, as we all know since the controversy about the Absalom book of Pathfinder 2nd edition, is a no-no.
But, hasn't it ever occurred to these people complaining that it may just be a story and nothing more? If it were true that they meant to say that space monkeys are basically people of this or that race, and that they should feel offended, then I, with my Western European ancestry, could be offended each time barbarians are portrayed as white people, or if people talk about medieval societies which had serfs because at one time it existed in my country - I am from Belgium but have French roots, so yes, I know what I'm talking about, feudalism and serfdom were all the rage back in those days, only to be replaced by robber barons and their textile mills.
In my game one of the quest givers is an owner of a plantation, whereupon tortles work as slaves. The true crop, however, are the strongest Tortles, which are bred to be sold as delicacies. Is it modelled after the South? Yes, I'm not a hypocrite. Is the plantation owner in any way portrayed as a good and kind person? Hell, no. He's an evil, narcissistic piece of shit who will, in time, get his.
The point that I'm making is, you can see whatever you want to see in whatever you see. If you can't use history as a basis for your games, your games will be very bleak, dull and boring.