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Originally Posted by starang21
not necessarily. their group wasn't turned down because they're white. they were turned down because there weren't more blacks or latinos. those 20 fire fighters would have been promoted had there been a some black or latino fire fighters. which doesn't hinge upon their whiteness.
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But it does. Because the whiteness of the successful test takers is what prevented them from being black or Hispanic. [ETA: it's true that had others been among them, the issue wouldn't have shaken out like it did, but the fact that they didn't get promoted because they were white and not some other race remains.]
I'm not saying that the intent of the city was racial discrimination, but the effect of the decision had a disparate impact on whites.
I don't know that I go around fretting about reverse discrimination a lot, but most programs that involved the advancement of one group will frequently involved at least active disinterest in the success of other groups. It's hard to do this in a way that doesn't have an effect on one group or another.
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