On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Scott Stroz<[email protected]> wrote: > > Only obvious reason does not mean only reason. It is also entirely > possible that all the non-whites who took the test were idiots or > maybe did not prepare as much because they knew that they might be > needed to fill a quota.
This still doesn't get to the heart of the matter about how the law was written. If we say that encouraging diversity is a worthwhile goal how should it best be met? Trying to assess a test for fairness and root out potential factors that might lead to skewed results is one way. It seems like a pretty subjective and difficult task but it is an approach. Another approach is to look at the outcomes of the tests and see whether people are passing it at a proportionally fair rate. That way seems much more objective and obvious. It also has its own difficulties, however, because you are stuck then trying to figure out why the outcome was inequitable. It is a thorny problem, for sure. I certainly don't think that I have all the answers but what really bugs me is when people say that Sotomayor is a racist because she applied the law as written. Judah ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299250 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
