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Originally Posted by Maat222
You are wrong and so is the person you quoted.
Ginsberg explained that no one had a basis for suing because no one was damaged.
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Back pay would be concidered damage in my book.
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No one had been denied any promotion yet.
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Why did it end up in the Supreme Court if no one was denied promotion?
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And there was clear evidence that those who hired tutors and bought additional materials were not the best suited for command.
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If they were tutored and had the best learning materials and they still didn't score well on the test, too bad, regardless of skin color.
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You asked questions that have already been answered.
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Wouldn't be the first time that happened.
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There was plenty of evidence the tests were not based on the actual procedures used by the city. For example, the direction truck were to face when parking on a hill.
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Where I'm from there are procedures in place for the parking of fire apparatus. Depending on the terrain at the site truck location is important, pump function, ladder function and leaving room for other vehicles is very much a procedural matter. In fact, for example, many fire departments know exactly where to park each vehicle at say, a school because of the length of hose required to reach specific areas, library, cafeteria, etc. Also it should be within the knowledge of a leader to know where all water access is located throughout their area. These are not racially specific questions, it is general knowledge.
I'm sure there were other questions besides those of procedure, but can you honestly come up with a single question that only a White or Hispanic person would know that a Black would not? Honestly, can you? I can't. Are Whites and Hispanics the only ones to know, say, how to climb a ladder? Did they exclude Blacks from ladder training so that their scores would be lower? That would be lame. Face it, for whatever reason those who scored higher and those who scored lower gave it their best and either failed or sailed. Being Black had nothing to do with it other than this case threatens to change all kinds of discrimination and includes the protection of all races. This is good for America.