IBM Job Applicants Outraged Over Racially Insensitive Labels

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IBM was called out by job seekers for using racially insensitive labels in an online application, prompting an apology from the tech giant.

New York University computer science student Alex Gao said he felt offended after being forced to choose among ethnic categories including “yellow” and “mulatto” in applying for a software developer internship in the U.S.