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Supreme Court Rules In Favor Of White Firefighters and Against Sotomayor
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut who denied a promotion based on their skin color.
The Supreme Court today narrowly ruled in favor of white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who said they were denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and others that had come to play a large role in the consideration of her nomination for the high court.
The city had thrown out the results of a promotion test because no African Americans and only two Hispanics would have qualified for promotions. It said it feared a lawsuit from minorities under federal laws that said such “disparate impacts” on test results could be used to show discrimination.
In effect, the court was deciding when avoiding potential discrimination against one group amounted to actual discrimination against another.
The court’s conservative majority said in a 5 to 4 vote that is what happened in New Haven.
“Fear of litigation alone cannot justify an employer’s reliance on race to the detriment of individuals who passed the examinations and qualified for promotions,” wrote Justice Anthony M. Kennedy.
I find it absolutely stunning that any American of any color could look at this situation and believe it was fair.
A group of firefighters studied hard and passed their promotion test. When the tests were graded, the white firefighters plus two Hispanics passed.
However, the City of New Haven denied the firefighters their promotion because it feared the black firefighters who did not pass would file a lawsuit claiming racism.
I cannot think of anything more un-American than denying someone a promotion on the basis of skin color.
This kind of social engineering is about the sickest and most destructive thing I’ve ever seen.
Skin color didn’t have a damn thing to do with that test. The racial make-up of those who passed the test should be irrelevant.
Why do liberals like to assume the test was flawed simply because no blacks passed it?
Have no blacks ever passed that same test in the City of New Haven before? How do you account for the two Hispanics who passed?
I think it sells black people short for liberals to assume a test is flawed because a black person can’t pass it. Maybe the person didn’t study as hard or maybe there’s a whole host of reasons why the person didn’t pass.
The only people who refuse to get passed race in this country are liberals. As long as white liberals and black race hustlers like Jesse Jackson keep using race as an excuse for poor performance, blacks will never achieve their full potential.
Incidentally, I haven’t heard a thing from the black firefighters who failed the test. All they have to do is study harder and they’ll pass it next time.
It’s incredibly damaging to the black community for high-minded liberals to constantly accept mediocrity, on the basis of phony racism.
This notion that black people should not be blamed for failing, because the white man and his racist tests won’t let them succeed is absurd and outdated.
It’s absolutely ridiculous to believe that somehow a black person because of his skin color is unable to pass the exact same firefighters exam that whites and Hispanics can.
The final decision by SCOTUS was 5-4 so it broke along idealogical lines. However, it should be deeply troubling to all Americans that a significant portion of the country believes discriminating against one group to prevent the discrimination of another group is okay.
Ace has some excellent analysis of this ruling as well.
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