This isn't a word or expression that I dislike.
This is something I've come across several times now at work which has bothered me because a lot of people do not understand the language/culture of some from another country.
I trained Ema, Anna and Marlu (a young man).
They are all Filipino and our staff now on a three year contract.
They all refer to anyone as HE.
I knew this because my Father and Mother had Filipino friends and acquaintances while Dad was serving in the Navy.
I had to set a couple of the young girls straight on this, as they stood there looking at me totally perplexed.