A report in the SMH today, a few hours old now - not great timing for Appen following a tough for days. 

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"Australian artificial intelligence company Appen has been hit by claims of racism in its recruitment processes after it asked job candidates to take a “paper bag test” about their skin colour.

A recruiter for Appen contacted Houston based Charné Graham to apply for a role as a social media evaluator at Appen. But after selecting ‘Black or African American’ from a drop down box on the online application she was then asked to select her complexion as Light - pale white, White- fair, Median - white to light brown, Olive - moderate brown, Brown - dark brown or Very dark brown to black."

https://www.smh.com.au/business/companies/paper-bag-test-artificial-intelligence-firm-appen-criticised-for-skin-colour-test-20210512-p57r5r.html