Supreme Court backs New Haven Firefighters

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Hence, the test is not necessarily deemed discriminatory by intent. It isn't like the SAT where people say the items are geared toward a particularly social class and so forth.

The issue becomes what is it about the preparation for the test, recruiting (?) of firefighters who will take the test, etc. that may result in racial disparities in test results. They could always conclude that the Black and Hispanic test takers were just ill prepared for the test or sucky test takers. That's a weighty assumption and claim.

I think the pool of test takers was self-selected. I've never seen an interview with the non-white applicants who took the test addressing what caused them to fair poorly.

[Thetagirl218]

I agree with the Supreme Court Decision. I am also surprised it had to get this far! One would think that lower level judges would be able to figure this one out! I think it shows a clear example that reverse discrimination is real and need to also be prevented.