If you use social media as a guide, you would be led to believe that everyone hates D&D.
Is that true?
I have a lot of games that are not D&D, going back decades.
The problem is getting people to play.
As a middle-aged guy with responsibilities and adulting, I don't make new friends without herculean effort.
Take the percentage of my friend group who play games, then further segment those who are even open to the idea of roleplaying games, and you are left with a tiny number.
Now find out of that small number a game that people will agree on.
Yep, it might not be everyone's first choice, but D&D is the roleplaying game that will most often be chosen if it is the choice between D&D and not agreeing at all.
And you know what is never a super-priority? Which company is behind the game and what problematic things some employees might or might not have done.
Sure, more would be appalled if there was a well-publicized company backing of the orange horror in the USA election, but that is not the case. Do some people do dumb shit? Of course, and you can probably find cases in every company out there.
A guy from the MTG community was banned for being a dickwad (Pepe memes were the least of his issues - he was having conversations where people being put in ovens was laughed about) and people get upset and cry censorship. His freedom of speech still existed, he just doesn't get to do it under the tent of a billion-dollar brand. Suck it up.
People are upset at Critical Role because they are mega-popular and apparently earning a lot of money. They seem sincerely fans and empathetic individuals, but success breeds contempt so some people want to shun not just their streams, etc but the whole game. Seems a bit weird but hey, you do you.
On the other hand, if your friend group is against diversity efforts then what can I say? You are going to have a really hard time finding a tabletop gaming company that is all about straight-Christian-whiteness. I am sure they are out there somewhere, I just don't think it would be all that popular given the spicy stew that is the tabletop community.
Bottom line for me is if I didn't play D&D I wouldn't get to play at all very often.
THAT SAID, I am going to be teaching some folks at my local makerspace how to play some games while learning others (such as X-Wing). I will be introducing non-D&D games, but not because of idealogical reasons.