Language matters.
If you are responsible for an applicant tracking system, please make sure it never asks for a candidate’s “correct race/ethnicity.” Native speakers hear the connotation immediately. In that context, the word is inappropriate.
I reached out to the company. I hoped for two things: a response, and a change.
This is the same muscle I use in product specs. Word choice is not decoration. It is system behavior. If a form, empty state, or error message would embarrass you in a user interview, it does not belong in production—regardless of how far down the funnel it sits.