Whites VS Minorities:Conn. Firefighter Promotional Exam

New Haven:Whites claim race discrimination as Supreme court weighs in on connecticut firefighters' lawsuit.

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[gunnyranger2]

I'm so sick of Blacks having to have the test dumbed down[sat is a good example].It lowers the quality of our work force.Just because some say it's not fair,boo hoo.

Life ain't fair you have to work your ass off to get anywhere,not just expect to have it handed to you.

This is what we get for letting ppl suck on the welfare tit from birth on up!

Isn't Socialism grand.

[gunnyranger2]

This is insane, the jobs were based on performance and hard work.The firefighters had the same amount of time to study for the unbiased test

[jackfire55]

They are lowing the bar for cops. Cuz of blacks that cant pass the test.

[CyanoticFuture]

If two Hispanics passed the test,doesnt that prove its not unfair?how is a test fair to only whites?Does it ask how to make beef stroganoff?No questions about koolaid?

[shakezuluoldschoola]

@choloKINGS Then anyone who went to a bad school should get more opportunities in the workplace, regardless of race, based on your logic. But that would be communism. There is no need to put race into the equation, unless your a bigot of course.

[choloKINGS]

area where people are doing well they bring it down slowly that's a money thing not a race thing. so if a lot of rich spanish people move in the area they bring it down? and if poor whites move in it gos up?

[choloKINGS]

less Education in poor areas most blacks come from poor areas. and the person that past did this is Spanish. and you had every thing handed to you by them. the us whites got rich the us black got poor.

[choloKINGS]

you do not understand blacks want equality they are less able to take a test because they have less Education in poor areas most blacks come from poor areas NOT THAT HEARD to understand. white families 800 year start on Education. in black families 70 year start in Education. the schools in these areas not that good are you dumb?

[prschuster]

The black firefighters raise a valid point that other criteria, beside the written exam, should carry more weight than it did (60% of the score was based on the written portion). But I don't think it was fair to those who were promised promotion to throw the test out after the fact. The right thing to do would be to re-evatuate the criteria and make changes for the next time it's administered.

[the7train]

they want everything handed to them

[BBQkrewe]

the DUMBING DOWN of America.

[BBQkrewe]

"dumbed down" is an accurate assessment.

sad...