But in response to that example (taking it to the importance of a firefighter's job), how dangerous might it be to have coworkers in life and death situations who CANNOT understand each other to the level such a team needs?
It might be that dividing that pizza is an important job requirement, whether it is culturally sensitive or not. (And, why would you want a 6 year old to be a firefighter anyway. Makes no sense. Let kids be kids, don't make them work dangerous jobs, for pete's sake) On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > the examples I have seen don't really relate to this situation. > > But suppose you were a Navajo six-year-old brought up in a > traditional family in a traditional hogan with no electricity. > Questions about dividing a pizza might not make much sense until you > have eaten a certain number of school lunches. The idea that all > slices are approximately equal is implicit in math questions using > pizza, but such a child might answer something like well, who is > hungriest? And what is pepperoni? > > That's a bad example really, as six is young for fractions, but > hopefully it answers the question of how a test question can be > culturally biased. > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Cameron Childress<[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 5:09 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > >> I understand the theory behind it. I just don't see how a written > >> test such as this can be racially biased. Either you know how to put > >> out fires or you don't. > > > > Yeah - I have always wondered about how a question can be racially > > biased. I would be interested in seeing a real example. A little > > googling around didn't locate any good examples. > > > > -Camer > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:299237 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
