[QUOTE] A federal judge on Thursday ordered the City of New York to remedy years of discriminatory hiring in the Fire Department by giving hundreds of black and Latino applicants jobs, along with years of retroactive pay, and offering thousands of others some damages./QUOTE]
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01...region/22vulcan.html
Am I missing something here? Jobs and money are being given to minorities that FAILED to pass an entrance exam over people that have passed the entrance exam. I saw a black firefighter last night on the news and he answered the problem right on the air. He said the problem is the disparity in the education levels of whites and blacks. So instead of just giving jobs to minorities that can't pass the test why not work with the education system and improve education so the minorities CAN pass the test.
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