About On The Dig
2009
Print
EmailThe ruling yesterday to support the white firefighters in New Haven is certainly a win for whites. Particularly, it's a win for whites that have been trying to articulate reverse racism and discrimination for years. Although I do believe reverse discrimination is possible, it remains an imbalanced issue. Why, you ask a brother? It's what the Afro-llectuals always say: discrimination was birthed out of a colonizing group who imposed socio-economic and physical threat on a colonized people in order to marginalize and control them. Or in the case of America, the enslaved and colonized people. Ipso facto, black folks can't really dish out reverse discrimination until the playing fields are equal.
But I have to be honest. The bigger issue here is those tests. Why was it assumed the Blacks and Latinos wouldn't pass? Are people of color considered inherently challenged when it comes to test taking? Do people of color believe that themselves? Is the firefighter's exam so culturally-biased that a standard American education couldn't even help a dog pass? Most firefighters [at least in NYC] tend to be working-class. You mean to say those kats are natural test-takers based solely on their whiteness [their, in most cases, second-generation immigrant whiteness]? I have mixed feelings about this one. The reverse discrimination stands out like real crazy. However, throwing out the test in order to appease black and Latino test-takers is both problematic and insulting. What's really going on?
Comments
The information you posted about louis vuitton is so useful, I am expecting for your next post.
Nice articles, but I am not clear about the point you mentioned about how to distinguish fake and real louis vuitton.
You seem to be professional about louis vuitton, can you advise where to buy real louis vuitton?
tiffany co
Tiffany and Co Cheap Jewelry Stores,Buy Tiffany's Jewelry in Australiaitle
Tiffany Jewelry Always Deserves Big Attention
Tiffany Rings Are Magic Enough to Frozen the Whole
Tiffany&Co Engraved Round Tag Toggle Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Five S Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Round Circle Earring
Tiffany&Co BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co CUSHION BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Wide MESH Bracelet
Tiffany&Co DONUT CHAIN Bracelet
Unique Tiffany Jewelry Can Be Trendy Anywhere
Why Tiffany Pearl Jewelry Is So Shiny
Tiffany&Co Heart Link stud Earrings
Tiffany&Co Engraved HEART TAG Toggle Bracelet
Tiffany&Co 5 FIVE TEARDROP Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Mesh Bracelet With Heart Buckle
Tiffany&Co Refine Stone Eternity Wedding Band Ring
Tiffany&Co Refine Stone Wedding Band Ring
tiffany co
Tiffany and Co Cheap Jewelry Stores,Buy Tiffany's Jewelry in Australiaitle
Tiffany Jewelry Always Deserves Big Attention
Tiffany Rings Are Magic Enough to Frozen the Whole
Tiffany&Co Engraved Round Tag Toggle Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Five S Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Round Circle Earring
Tiffany&Co BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co CUSHION BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co BANGLE Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Wide MESH Bracelet
Tiffany&Co DONUT CHAIN Bracelet
Unique Tiffany Jewelry Can Be Trendy Anywhere
Why Tiffany Pearl Jewelry Is So Shiny
Tiffany&Co Heart Link stud Earrings
Tiffany&Co Engraved HEART TAG Toggle Bracelet
Tiffany&Co 5 FIVE TEARDROP Bracelet
Tiffany&Co Mesh Bracelet With Heart Buckle
Tiffany&Co Refine Stone Eternity Wedding Band Ring
Tiffany&Co Refine Stone Wedding Band Ring
958217833691753816461 Above this engine, the Dofus Kamas PCB teams develop extensions that allow, among Buy Dofus Kamas other things, to find Dofus Kamas Pas Cher.
As I said, I don't pretend to know all of the factors involved (the fact that my parents were the only married couple under 70 in my neighborhood probably played a part, too), but the facts are these:
There could easily be a lot of hands in that cookie jar, but the one thing that changed that would most strongly correlate to those statistics is the reading method being taught in schools and encouraged in society. My sister and I didn't learn to read by "look-say" or "whole language"; matter of fact neither of us took part in a reading class in school until 6th grade. But our success patterns after school have been very different than that of most of our old classmates. That's why I get the feeling that the difference between what it means to read and comprehend when you learn to read one way as opposed to another is more significant than we think and (informally) it affects black Americans more than others.
or 15 points is the mean difference between white v black I.Q. scores. This is irregardless of socioeconomic status also.
if that's the case then shouldn't ALL students regardless of color have problems with SAT scores??? As I said before, I read a lot. I had great reading comprehension as well in elementary and secondary school. That wasn't a problem. My parents also didn't answer questions for me. They wanted me to find the answers for myself. They encouraged my brother and I to learn how to research and find the answers (probably part of the reason I am in my career field). I spent my summers hanging out at the library reading book after book. I think there is no simple answer to explain why there seems to be a separation in test scores between white students and minority students. I know that some folks just have a problem with them period...for whatever reason. There just seems to be a disproportionate number of minority students that have problems with these tests. I don't believe it is a matter of minority students not being as smart as white students. There is obviously something else. Like I said, I'm not saying it's intentional on the part of test makers (it is NOT some great white conspiracy). But there does seem to be something.
Why was it assumed the Blacks and Latinos wouldn't pass?
The directors probably feared that IQ scores would correlate to performance on this firefighter exam. Blacks and Latinos perform worse on IQ test than whites. Therefore, they feared that these minorities would not perform well enough on the exam. There might not be evidence that white firefighters have a higher IQ than black or Latino firefighters, which makes me question why the directors chose to dump the test. Pretty safe to assume that if the firefighter test did correlate to IQ, whites would outperform blacks and Latinos.
Why was it assumed the Blacks and Latinos wouldn't pass?"
The directors probably feared that IQ scores would correlate to performance on this firefighter exam. Blacks and Latinos perform worse on IQ test than whites. Therefore, they feared that these minorities would not perform well enough on the exam. There might not be evidence that white firefighters have a higher IQ than black or Latino firefighters, which makes me question why the directors chose to dump the test. Pretty safe to assume that if the firefighter test did correlate to IQ, whites would outperform blacks and Latinos.
Why was it assumed the Blacks and Latinos wouldn't pass?"
The directors probably feared that IQ scores would correlate to performance on this firefighter exam. Blacks and Latinos perform worse on IQ test than whites. Therefore, they feared that these minorities would not perform well enough on the exam. There might not be evidence that white firefighters have a higher IQ than black or Latino firefighters, which makes me question why the directors chose to dump the test. Pretty safe to assume that if the firefighter test did correlate to IQ, whites would outperform blacks and Latinos.