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India is not particularly famous for being non-discriminatory. In fact, the nation has miles to go before it actually starts measuring everyone on the same scale. Skin colour has been one of the major bases for prejudices in the country dark-skinned people are often subjected to discrimination. However, a recent alleged case of colourism against a fair-skinned woman left everyone scratching their heads in confusion. A woman sharing her rejection letter on LinkedIn claimed that the company refused her a job for being 'too fair'. While some people were left irked over the bizarre reasoning, some netizens called the whole letter and story fabricated.

Taking to her LinkedIn profile, Pratiksha Jichka, shared a screenshot of a letter that she allegedly received from the company she applied for. She informed that the letter came after the third round, where the organisation rejected her, as they did not want to create any "differences" in the team. She captioned the post, "I was rejected in final round of interview, as my skin tone was little fair for the team. You read that right, after 3 rounds of interview, 1 round of assignment, with all the relevant skills, qualifications and experience I was not fit for the role because my skin tone was fair than the current team. The hiring manager wished to have no differences in the team and so I wasn’t offered the role. (how empathetic) I wasn’t just stunned, shocked but felt really worst about what kind of world are we heading too."

Woman rejected by company for being 'too fair'.

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As soon as the post made it to social media, people started sharing the outlandish story. A user, 'Ayush Thakur', took it to his X handle and posted the same and captioned it, "Saw this today on LinkedIn Reason of Rejection - Fair Skin tone Seriously??"

However, the post left the netizens divided. Some sympathised with the woman and called out the problematic behaviour of people who discriminate based on such things. While some called the incident fake and claimed that the letter is made-up.

"I think this is fake. The person who has posted this has disabled comments. She is promoting her services through making up a story like this. The email is definitely fake - no company gives feedback like this," user wrote.

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"This isn’t fair at all," said another user. "Your skin tone is little fair" the hell is this," said a third netizen.

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