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Old 06-30-2009, 01:13 PM
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True, but I think "people" are going to point to the Obamas and say, "See, they made it". Is it right? No. Is it fair? No.
We don't really care what confused people will say, do we?

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The issue that I have with this particular case is that how did it *happen* that the Black firemen did not do as well as the Whites / Hispanic? Because given an equal playing field, i.e., all firemen had access to the study guide, they were all aware of the nature of the exam, they were all given the same exam under the same conditions, then where is the discrepancy that caused the outcome with the exam itself?
We wouldn't know all of this.

The court ruled that they can't throw out the results becase of a fear of a lawsuit. I definitely agree.
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