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Originally Posted by DrPhil
It's difficult to know what stands in the firefighter case. I don't think we know very much about it. Much of what I'm typing has to do with the history of discrimination in this country and only a shmidget of what I know about the case. UGA said the firefighters were self-selecting. That makes sense, but I wonder if it's that straight forward. Hiring and promotions usually aren't because people often get a *nudge* from those who want them in those positions.
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I was making the assumption that the men were predominantly working-class; I would go on to imagine that the amount of minority firefighters from affluent backgrounds is almost nil. Thus, the New Haven firefighters may not have benefited from the type of AA that benefits well-to-do minorities.
But it's probably not the best thing to pre-judge or assume anything these days.