"I was not ignoring it, it is just statistically unlikely." "Lets say that half of them are white and half are non-white. 10 of the 20 pass the test, but 8 of the 10 who pass are white versus 2 of the 10 who are non-white. Statistically, that is a very unlikely scenario . . ."
I'll have to disagree since 118 applicants took the test and only 27 were black (23% of the testers while 37.4% of the city is black). Fifty-nine firefighters passed the test. Only the top sixteen were eligible for promotion, 3 of which were latino's. Some blacks did pass the test, just not in the top sixteen. Also, consider the factor of work force. The pool of potential blacks who could score high on the test is not as large as the pool of white workers since blacks are a minority. Many who could do well are in other more lucrative fields. By the way, this is not my argument. I heard a black football coach discussing why there are so few black head football coaches in college football. He said that most of the good, young black coaches are snatched up by the NFL. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299374 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
