Saturday, April 18, 2009

The lowest common denominator

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Reverse Discrimination Case Could Transform Hiring Procedures Nationwide

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Inside a burning building, fire doesn't discriminate between Matthew Marcarelli and Gary Tinney. Inside the New Haven Fire Department, however, skin color has put them on opposite sides of a lawsuit that could transform hiring procedures nationwide.

This week, the Supreme Court will consider the reverse discrimination claim of Marcarelli and a group of white firefighters. They all passed a promotion exam, but the city threw out the test because no blacks would have been promoted, saying the exam had a "disparate impact" on minorities likely to violate the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Besides affecting how race can be considered in filling government and perhaps even private jobs, the dispute also addresses broader questions about racial progress: Do minorities and women still need legal protection from discrimination, or do the monumental civil rights laws that created a more equal nation now cause more harm than good?
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The promotion exams were closely focused on firefighting methods, knowledge and skills. The first part had 200 multiple-choice questions and counted for 60 percent of the final score. Candidates returned another day to take an oral exam in which they described responses to various scenarios, which counted for 40 percent.
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But after the results came back, the city says it found evidence that the tests were potentially flawed. Sources of bias included that the written section measured memorization rather than actual skills needed for the jobs; giving too much weight to the written section; and lack of testing for leadership in emergency conditions, according to a brief filed by officers of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

"I'm sure there are numerous reasons why (blacks didn't do as well), and not because we're not as intelligent," Tinney says. "There's a lot of underlying issues to that ... these folks are saying, 'We studied the hardest, we passed the test, we should be promoted.' But they're not talking about all the other things."
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Uh... "Other things"? Like taking into account race above all else?

The solution is obvious: Allow blacks to use a teleprompter in their exams. A teleprompter is the new Great Equalizer. Everyone here who believes Obama would have won the election without his teleprompter (having to memorize those pesky important answers is racist), raise your hands.

Of course, if Obama would release his college transcripts - it could shed new light on my opinion - maybe even change it. But since he is apparently ashamed of his academic records (and speaks so poorly without his crutch) I can only assume he is only semi-literate.

It’s all a matter of liberals having an inexplicable need to reduce all things to the lowest common denominator; from personal wealth, to living conditions, to personal freedoms, to speech, to intelligence. (Professional sports is obviously excluded from the liberals' perspective - the reason for this is hidden in their little inadequate brains.)
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7 comments:

"Grammie" or whatever name he wants to call me!! said...

Jimbo, Per our tele-talk, you're right... Obama only lies when he opens his mouth.

Schteveo said...

I thought RACE was off the table, haven't the minority's broken the ultimate job category?

LEADER OF THE ENTIRE FREE FRIGGIN' WORLD!!!?

BOW said...

Race and sexual orientation and religion (or not) will never be off the table as long as special interests and parasites can benefit by them. Fairness is not to play a part.

eat me said...

no, no, electing Obama is just further proof that we are racists!!!!

after all, he is 1/2 white ......
if we had elected Al Sharpton then we would not have been racists but just stupid

Spider said...

The Civil Rights Act of '64, was nothing but a knee-jerk over-reaction by LBJ, an ultra-liberal shit-kicker from Mexas, who had a dozen black servants working on his ranch. Of course, the day after he signed the law, those servants became his beloved "friends".

That law was intended to hold Whites back, while pushing blacks forward, not with merit, but with the power of the state and the liberal courts. It was a signal to many blacks that earning what you wanted was no longer necessary. For Whites, it meant the things they worked for and earned could be given to someone else simply because they're black. And make no mistake, that policy is still very much alive and kicking!

Anonymous said...

FactLBJ: His most memorable utterances were laced with profanity, and too salty for many of you. He did poop out two stinky terms that continue to stain the USA: affirmative action, the first border jumper amnesty.

Anonymous said...

LCD = 1