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Judge: NYC unfair to minority firefighter recruits


Well, here we are back at square one. It is the same case but with a different local. There is a solution to this recurring theme: desegregation. Desegregation by ethnic group and by class. Detractors will say that it is unfair to put children on a school bus two hours a day. I would ask the detractors to ask any parent in a low income and mostly racial segregated area what they want most for their children and ( I will to take the answer to the bank ) they will say, a good education.

I say, we pay now or we pay later with a lawsuit. I would rather pay now with equal access to educational opportunities than pay later with an appearance in court. If ethnic, racial or economic segregated individuals have equal access to education, I mean the same quality of text books, quality of facilities, and  quality of teachers, I believe these cases would be a welcome relic of the past. 

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This case addresses the question that should have been asked in the Ricci case. Does the test being used actually predict who will make the best firefighting recruit or captain.

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