Yes - I'm aware of all that was written . . . I'm not being crass on purpose.
No one's explaining just what about this test must be 'rewritten' so it's 'more passable'
If minorities are passing it (yes - they're passing it and qualifying) then maybe the ones with this lawsuit shoudl go to them and say 'wow man - how did you pass it?' and try to figure out what they're not understanding.
:shrug:
So: what they're REALLY juding this by is the % of minorities in the populous to the % of minorities in the FDNY. . . as is evident by the text of the ruling opinion given.
Don't you see my point: it's ridiculous to suggest that the wording of questions is 'racist' as the original article suggests is the issue . . .
in fact: reading carefully the ruling - that's not even the argument being picked apart by the judiciary itself. The test questions are not 'comprehensible only to whites'
Now - reading said court opinion . . . Go to page 18 and 19. . . read all that.
What they incorporated into their decision making process was this disparity calculation - based on a what if scenario. *If* they failed *but* were able to still take the PPT and other components of the qualification-process *then* maybe more of them would have passed and qualified.
But you know what: they didn't - that's not how it was done. . . they had set up that you have to pass the written test first - achieve the proper percentile score - BEFORE you can do anything else. . . to me: I don't see what's wrong with that at all.
If I were one of the passing minorities on the force I'd be so embarassed and offended that *I* was able to pass but *they* weren't so - it's just not good enough for them? What pricks!
And you know: being a female college student I get it all the time: the under-achievers in my classes always try to alter the way things are done and argue in favor of wrong answers to try to squeeze out an extra point or two from a test. . . it's obnoxious.
Taking a test =
study for that mother ****er . . .
I GUARANTEE YOU that if they applied theirselves MORE then more of them would have passed: **** - they're not STUPID are they? They figured out how to wage a lawsuit for Christ's sake . . . they're just lazy and using a race-card to get away with it.
It's so offensive.