well, he can’t complete stop them from hiring because technically they could hire everyone that would qualify w/o the test… but my concern would be how did they define that it discriminates? afterall, everyone had to study for the test to begin with… they can show that in the fire department they hired folks that were other than white that passed the test and therefore it was not discrimintory.. i hope that this federal wake up – because if the city let’s folks go because they can’t maintain a FD, then they could sue the judge for failure to offer a proper solution… afterall, you have to be able to read and write and comprehend how things are done…
Now who’s discriminating, and for what and against whom?
I’d think you would want someone with at least average intelligence but if you can’t read and aren’t willing to study, is that really being discriminatory when you look at what should be expected of a firefighter? They’re certainly not Wal-Mart greeters!!!
How can a test be disriminatory? It is a test that ask questions to be sure you are qualified to do the job. You study and take the test. I cannot imagine how a test can favor one ethnic group over another. What does it ask that discriminates against people? Is there a question about how to put out a fire or save a life that only a caucasion would know but not a hispanic? That seems beyond belief to me. You either study the answers or you don’t.
Please understand that I am not taking a position for or against.
Civil rights codes, specifically the U.S.(federal) code, prohibits racial discrimation either if it is specifically intended to exclude particular races or if the effect, regardless of intent, is that some group is excluded. So, if blacks or browns do not do well a a group for whatever reason and whites do well, then that is considered unfair racial discrimination.
I am not familiar with New York code or this specific case. Probably some reader is and could detail the case and ruling.
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well, he can’t complete stop them from hiring because technically they could hire everyone that would qualify w/o the test… but my concern would be how did they define that it discriminates? afterall, everyone had to study for the test to begin with… they can show that in the fire department they hired folks that were other than white that passed the test and therefore it was not discrimintory.. i hope that this federal wake up – because if the city let’s folks go because they can’t maintain a FD, then they could sue the judge for failure to offer a proper solution… afterall, you have to be able to read and write and comprehend how things are done…
Now who’s discriminating, and for what and against whom?
I’d think you would want someone with at least average intelligence but if you can’t read and aren’t willing to study, is that really being discriminatory when you look at what should be expected of a firefighter? They’re certainly not Wal-Mart greeters!!!
Obviously you have never been in that situation. Because you’ve never had to stand up against unfair practices then your statement is invalid.
Maybe they could charge them $75.00 ??????
How can a test be disriminatory? It is a test that ask questions to be sure you are qualified to do the job. You study and take the test. I cannot imagine how a test can favor one ethnic group over another. What does it ask that discriminates against people? Is there a question about how to put out a fire or save a life that only a caucasion would know but not a hispanic? That seems beyond belief to me. You either study the answers or you don’t.
Please understand that I am not taking a position for or against.
Civil rights codes, specifically the U.S.(federal) code, prohibits racial discrimation either if it is specifically intended to exclude particular races or if the effect, regardless of intent, is that some group is excluded. So, if blacks or browns do not do well a a group for whatever reason and whites do well, then that is considered unfair racial discrimination.
I am not familiar with New York code or this specific case. Probably some reader is and could detail the case and ruling.