Lawsuit: New York City fire department’s exams discriminated against black, Hispanic recruits
Tagged: New York, New York CityPosted on: May 22nd, 2007“The mostly white Fire Department of New York discouraged racial diversity by using recruitment exams that inadvertently discriminated against blacks and Hispanics, the U.S. Department of Justice charged in a civil rights lawsuit.
The complaint filed Monday alleges that the Fire Department administered exams in 1999 and 2002 that, while not purposely or obviously racist, were littered with college preparatory-like questions that do not test an applicants ability to fight fires.”
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