Grays Harbor wrote:The Cat-Tribe wrote:Um. That last bit was quite necessary because of the utter lie that was in the statement to which I responded. The allegation WAS that the test didn't acurrately measure skills and knowledge required to assume leadership positions in fighting fires.
1.) you have no clue as to what my ideology may be. its a web forum.
2.) and my only "ideological reaction" is that those most qualified get the positions, regardless of racial makeup. I could give a crap about what their ethnic background is, when it comes to fighting fires we need those most capable to lead to be in those positions.
1) I've read more than a few of your posts. Unless you are consistently roleplaying, some of your opinions and paradigms become evident.
2) You are AVOIDING THE MAIN POINT I MADE. Your assumption that the City or minority firefighters were concerned about race and not qualifications is FALSE. The dispute was whether the tests actually measured objective qualifications or whether they were racially biased. Even the conservative SCOTUS majority recognized that it was not unreasonable to think the tests were biased.