Mustn't Offend the Monkeys!

The WHO, or World Health Organization, has just announced a big decision: they renamed monkeypox (now it's mpox) because the name is racist, or has racist overtones. I wonder what they mean? Are they afraid the monkeys will be offended? Is there another group they fear offending? 

The way I see it, just thinking that the name "monkeypox" could be seen as racist is actually racist  in the extreme.