New Haven Firefighters, Race, Tests & The Supreme Court

[gusbdman]

This test provided an "equal opportunity," it never guaranteed an "equal result." The test was supposed to be written at a 10th grade level, the City of New Haven lowered it to an 8th grade level. The questions were phrased in English. All were based on several department manuals, and outside nationally recognized authors . Everyone had the same time to study, but not all used their time wisely. Video-phones will be used to validate or negate any bias claims in future New Haven FD tests.

[1dkidd]

How can the test be rigged? It's about firefighting and leadership and operations not about ethnic culture!

[dasupa666]

Black guy scraps by on a test and gets the 69%.... White guy gets a 89% and they should give the job to a under qualified dude because he is Black? I'd rather have the most qualified people in life saving services. How can their tests be biased ? Either you know your shit or you don't. Black people are cry babies who have been taught by Democrats to hate themselves. Should we dumb up the tests so blacks are able to past them? Talk about a disservice to all Black people.

[brdmakan]

what a load of crap . what was asked in teh test rock music . how can a test be biased .

I FIND IT AMAZING HOW AMERICAN BLACKS COMPLAIN SO MUCH .

[TheBestTroller]

@brdmakan Ya they do it because it's easier to blame "whitey" then to just admit its there fault

[FreeDogdylan]

Wow, this kind of black supremacists will rule america soon. Funny at it is, is that the Latino population is racist as hell. So the blacks are going to have a tuff time when they are a minority alongside whites.

[forshigity5000]

The man to the far left is very intelligent.

[pep103]

This decision by this conservative supreme court may push employment equality back to the pre-civil rights era.We have come to long to let that happen.Conservatives are very good at using race between whites and minorities into re-election campaigns.I do not ever want to see a voting block like the GOP employed especially in the south with Ralph Reed and Religious Right during the 90's.Even when Obama won that part of the GOP is still formitable.Obama may need to address this problem soon

[StoogeWatcher]

The only racists are the liberals who attacked the New Haven firefighters.

[pep103]

When Lorie brought up the point that those in charge said that the reason they were throwing out the test results because not enough minorities scored high enough was the wrong reason.From what I read it was the first time a differant test was used.The correct response should have been"We are not allowing the results due to the fact that minorities had a tested for the old test not the new one" or were not told that differant criteria would used in the new promotions test.

[MUN7001]

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