Comments on: Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of White Firefighters and Against Sotomayor http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-white-firefighters-and-against-sotomayor/ Breaking News and Opinion Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:08:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Marcus Gadson http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-white-firefighters-and-against-sotomayor/comment-page-1/#comment-64454 Marcus Gadson Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:16:12 +0000 http://www.thehotjoints.com/2009/06/29/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-white-firefighters-and-against-sotomayor/#comment-64454 I agree that denying Ricci his promotion was unfair. I also find it implausible that the test was biased. You mentioned the two Hispanics who passed the test. Also, if a man like Ricci who had dyslexia could pass, it seems fair to expect a black firefighter to pass. I want to look at the legal reasoning behind the decision today to see if New Haven's decision was legally justifiable. But I do find the episode unfair. Here are links to some posts I wrote about Ricci on my blog: http://thegadsonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-feel-sorry-for-ricci.html http://thegadsonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/preliminary-thoughts-on-ricci-ruling.html I agree that denying Ricci his promotion was unfair. I also find it implausible that the test was biased. You mentioned the two Hispanics who passed the test. Also, if a man like Ricci who had dyslexia could pass, it seems fair to expect a black firefighter to pass. I want to look at the legal reasoning behind the decision today to see if New Haven’s decision was legally justifiable. But I do find the episode unfair. Here are links to some posts I wrote about Ricci on my blog:

http://thegadsonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-feel-sorry-for-ricci.html

http://thegadsonreview.blogspot.com/2009/06/preliminary-thoughts-on-ricci-ruling.html

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