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State Sponsored Racism: Chicago Forced to Hire 111 Black Firefighters who scored lower than non-Black Firefighters
The taxpayers of Chicago are forced to pay for these sub-standard firefighters who are rewarded with tens of millions of dollars for scoring lower on tests. Affirmative-action at its worst.
From NYTimes:
CHICAGO â The City of Chicago must hire 111 black firefighter applicants who were passed over for jobs years ago and pay tens of millions of dollars in damages to about 6,000 other black candidates under a ruling issued on Friday by a federal appeals court.
Yes, wanting the best, most qualified applicants can result in a court of law rewarding less qualified applicants millions. Must be nice to use race as an excuse for low test scores.
The decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is only the latest in a legal battle that began with a written employment test for firefighters more than a decade ago, wound its way to the United States Supreme Court by last year and remains a matter of division and concern among the cityâs firefighters.
âFor some of the people involved, this is a very emotional moment,â said Joshua Karsh, a lawyer who represented black applicants who accused the city of employment discrimination. âThe city could have cleared this up a long time ago.â
In 1995, 26,000 people took an employment test to become firefighters.
The city said anyone who had scored above 65 was considered âqualified,â but chose its initial hires from random sets among candidates who scored 89 or better, a group it deemed âhighly qualified,â court documents say.
Would you rather go to the doctor who is smarter and more qualified or would you prefer the doctor who scored lower but was given a pass due strictly to his/her skin tone?
But after complaints were filed, the city conceded that the 89-point cutoff created a âdisparate impactâ against black candidates â 6,000 of whom had gotten qualified scores â compared with white candidates, the documents show.
Does lowering standards and test scores in the name of diversity help those who need qualified firefighters in desperate times? Just more feel good liberal white guilt in action.
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State Sponsored Racism: Chicago Forced to Hire 111 Black Firefighters who scored lower than non-Black Firefighters
The taxpayers of Chicago are forced to pay for these sub-standard firefighters who are rewarded with tens of millions of dollars for scoring lower on tests. Affirmative-action at its worst.
From NYTimes:
CHICAGO â The City of Chicago must hire 111 black firefighter applicants who were passed over for jobs years ago and pay tens of millions of dollars in damages to about 6,000 other black candidates under a ruling issued on Friday by a federal appeals court.
Yes, wanting the best, most qualified applicants can result in a court of law rewarding less qualified applicants millions. Must be nice to use race as an excuse for low test scores.
The decision from the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is only the latest in a legal battle that began with a written employment test for firefighters more than a decade ago, wound its way to the United States Supreme Court by last year and remains a matter of division and concern among the cityâs firefighters.
âFor some of the people involved, this is a very emotional moment,â said Joshua Karsh, a lawyer who represented black applicants who accused the city of employment discrimination. âThe city could have cleared this up a long time ago.â
In 1995, 26,000 people took an employment test to become firefighters.
The city said anyone who had scored above 65 was considered âqualified,â but chose its initial hires from random sets among candidates who scored 89 or better, a group it deemed âhighly qualified,â court documents say.
Would you rather go to the doctor who is smarter and more qualified or would you prefer the doctor who scored lower but was given a pass due strictly to his/her skin tone?
But after complaints were filed, the city conceded that the 89-point cutoff created a âdisparate impactâ against black candidates â 6,000 of whom had gotten qualified scores â compared with white candidates, the documents show.
Does lowering standards and test scores in the name of diversity help those who need qualified firefighters in desperate times? Just more feel good liberal white guilt in action.
Continue reading>>>
