Then discuss.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_chicag...ghters_lawsuit
Then discuss.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_chicag...ghters_lawsuit
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This thread has serious potential. I expect an intelligent, spirited and uplifting discussion to follow.
Well done, vet!
"Always" and "never" are words that should always be used sparingly and never without forethought. You're welcome.
Someone is going to have to explain to me how an exam, being an inanimate object, can discriminate against someone.
"Once a country boy's seen the way the steam rises off a man's insides on the sidewalk Tends to change the way he thinks, the way he sees everything when he goes back to where he came from."
POSSE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST. "It Fell Off the Back of a Truck."
Thank ya, Thank ya.Originally Posted by Spray
Agreed. What I dont understand is If Im gonna hire X number of Peeps for a Position and I administer a test then say To be considered I will only look at peeps in a certain Percentile, Then when I have 4 times the # that I need . I decide Im gonna start with the Highest scores 1st. And fill my quota . Then every one else is SOL. Try again next time.
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Vet, you black. You be a Chicago Fireman?
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I predict good things from this thread
I should have applied. Hell look at all the money I could have gotten from doing nothing to earn it cept score a barely passin score.
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I just dont understand how a 64 on the exam means something but getting an 89, presumably better than a 64 because it is a higher number, isnt a better score and wouldnt make you a better firefighter?
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You and I are clearly having trouble understanding the base argument of this case.I just dont understand how a 64 on the exam means something but getting an 89, presumably better than a 64 because it is a higher number, isnt a better score and wouldnt make you a better firefighter?
Maybe someone who nearly failed in school can explain it to us.
"Once a country boy's seen the way the steam rises off a man's insides on the sidewalk Tends to change the way he thinks, the way he sees everything when he goes back to where he came from."
POSSE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST. "It Fell Off the Back of a Truck."
Welllll- the exam was deemed discriminatory in its application, so its was going to disproportionately disqualify African Americans on its face. The court determined most minorities would fall in the 64-89 range, ensuring that only whites got into the "lottery".
So the test, in its actual application, results in discrimination and we have a winner for this episode of "American Justice Today".
"Always" and "never" are words that should always be used sparingly and never without forethought. You're welcome.
Right. You understand that that was complete bull****, right. Because I could have spit out that same tired line, but that wouldn't have made it so.
"Once a country boy's seen the way the steam rises off a man's insides on the sidewalk Tends to change the way he thinks, the way he sees everything when he goes back to where he came from."
POSSE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST. "It Fell Off the Back of a Truck."
so the court is saying minorities are stoopider than non minorities?
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I've been on test construction panels for California. You have to show how each test question relates to the job. If they're just general aptitude type questions asking the applicant to figure out something that one does not need to figure out on the job, then it may be good material for lawsuits. And now they have bias panels that review the tests for possible bias.
Ingles solamente (¡no exepciones!)
I give ya VY and his wonderlick score.
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That's a simplified (admittedly, very) version of the court's analysis- no **** whatsoever. It's a pretty standardized way of looking at all kinds of tests, employment policies, etc. that may result in discrimination.
I didn't write the rules- decades of American jurisprudence did.
"Always" and "never" are words that should always be used sparingly and never without forethought. You're welcome.
Heh.
No, the court is saying that the test is saying that the test writers are saying minorities are stoopider than non-minorities.
"Always" and "never" are words that should always be used sparingly and never without forethought. You're welcome.
That's my point. The law looks at it that way, but we all know it's a straw man.
"Once a country boy's seen the way the steam rises off a man's insides on the sidewalk Tends to change the way he thinks, the way he sees everything when he goes back to where he came from."
POSSE TRANSPORTATION SPECIALIST. "It Fell Off the Back of a Truck."
I dont care about what the courts say. I want Yalls honest opinion about the Outcome
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Well, without reading the opinion I'd say its probably a fair application of the law by the Circuit Court that can certainly be left open for review by the Supreme Court (which probably won't happen).
How's that for hedging? All that law schoolin' didn't go completely to waste, huh?
"Always" and "never" are words that should always be used sparingly and never without forethought. You're welcome.
Oh so yer "ONE OF THEM?"
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