of course not. And note -- the fact that a question reflects a cultural norm does not make it inappropriate in se. But there has to be a reason for including it.
I was responding to "how can a fire-fighting exam have cultural biases?" I myself still have no opinion and can't look into it further today. > Cultural judgment? Are you applying that filter to all members of a > culture or just some? Are you painting an entire cultural group with a > single brush? I'd say so. > Lets take African Americans, which in itself will be rejected by some > people with 'black' skin. Are you saying that a Haitian, Jamaicans, a > deep south black, a NY black, an LA black and Obama all share the same > cultural values? Do these differences warrant a new test to cover each > difference of culture WITHIN a culture as well as between cultures? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299317 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
