Reply to post: Re: sorry or not

IBM so very, very sorry after jobs page casually asks hopefuls: Are you white, black... or yellow?

hmv

Re: sorry or not

Not necessarily so.

Not everyone working for IBM is a native English speaker and may not be aware of some forbidden words in association with "race". Of course such translations need to be checked by a native speaker to check for such gaffs.

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