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Supreme Court agrees to look at ‘reverse discrimination’ case

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case filed by whites who say they got pushed aside in favor of less-qualified black applicants.

The case involves white firefighters in New Haven, CT, who say they passed an exam for a job promotion only to have the test results thrown out because no African-American candidate received a high enough score to also be considered for promotion.

The test reportedly was specially designed to eliminate bias and do away with advantages for white applicants. Still, when no blacks and only two Hispanic applicants qualified for promotion — compared with 17 whites and one Hispanic —  the city decided to scrap the entire test.

The 18 who passed the test then sued, charging they were denied consideration for promotion just because they weren’t black.

A federal district judge threw the case out, but the High Court agreed to take it on, probably some time in April.

The court’s decision of course could have far-reaching effects on diversity programs in the public and private sector.


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