Clearly, I got the facts of it wrong. So thank you for that.
As far as.. was the test fair.. well... it seems that to answer that, we all need to stop making assumptions and look at the test. Was the test inherently biased towards White People?
If the answer is yes, then.. I agree, it's not a fair test and should be thrown out.
If the answer was no.. that the test was fair (and moreover if the process by which those firefighters allowed to take the test was determined was unbiased), and the people who passed it were predominantly white with one Latino... and the test got thrown out because there was only one non-white in the group... I'd still say I agree with the Supreme Court.
Do you have a link to the test? Is that out there somewhere?
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Date: 2009-06-30 12:23 pm (UTC)As far as.. was the test fair.. well... it seems that to answer that, we all need to stop making assumptions and look at the test. Was the test inherently biased towards White People?
If the answer is yes, then.. I agree, it's not a fair test and should be thrown out.
If the answer was no.. that the test was fair (and moreover if the process by which those firefighters allowed to take the test was determined was unbiased), and the people who passed it were predominantly white with one Latino... and the test got thrown out because there was only one non-white in the group... I'd still say I agree with the Supreme Court.
Do you have a link to the test? Is that out there somewhere?