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This stuff makes me want to bang my head into the wall until I am unconscious.
Black firefighter Michael Briscoe is suing New Haven. - By Richard Thompson Ford - Slate Magazine
A black firefighter is now sueing New Haven. Cuz he did very well on the oral exam (highest score..good for him!)..but sucked at the written exam (worth more..and usually is on any test I have ever taken). Ok. So you're a ####ty writer. Get over it. Try better next time. Historically blacks do not perform as well as other groups on written exams. No one is able to explain why...but we all know why. The "black community" (which I do not feel is in any way representational of of all blacks btw) prides itself on speaking incorrectly and having terrible grammer. In fact I remember a few years ago some group or the other trying to have ebonics recognized as a language..argueing that blacks were at a disadvantage because they speak this way. Umm excuse me but I know pleeenty of perfectly good english speakers who are black. We speak that here in America. In fact some of the Africans I met in Frederick ( my bestest friend sam..I miss him) had some of the most impeccable english I have ever heard. I cannot stand the pride I see in people for sounding ignorant.
Tangent...sorry. Anyway..they want to argue that because whites are more likely to have a family legacy of firefighting (umm no? Why would I be more likely to have a firefighter in my family..simply because I am white?) they are better prepared for the written exam. This sounds like a load of crap. In fact I cannot imagine trying to sue because I did poorly on an exam..I would be mortified I did so poorly and study my head off for next time..hey any of them think about asking the guys who did well for a few pointers? Nope..lets just sue and see if I can have something handed to me with no effort.
AHHHHHHHHHH. I want to scream.
Black firefighter Michael Briscoe is suing New Haven. - By Richard Thompson Ford - Slate Magazine
A black firefighter is now sueing New Haven. Cuz he did very well on the oral exam (highest score..good for him!)..but sucked at the written exam (worth more..and usually is on any test I have ever taken). Ok. So you're a ####ty writer. Get over it. Try better next time. Historically blacks do not perform as well as other groups on written exams. No one is able to explain why...but we all know why. The "black community" (which I do not feel is in any way representational of of all blacks btw) prides itself on speaking incorrectly and having terrible grammer. In fact I remember a few years ago some group or the other trying to have ebonics recognized as a language..argueing that blacks were at a disadvantage because they speak this way. Umm excuse me but I know pleeenty of perfectly good english speakers who are black. We speak that here in America. In fact some of the Africans I met in Frederick ( my bestest friend sam..I miss him) had some of the most impeccable english I have ever heard. I cannot stand the pride I see in people for sounding ignorant.
Tangent...sorry. Anyway..they want to argue that because whites are more likely to have a family legacy of firefighting (umm no? Why would I be more likely to have a firefighter in my family..simply because I am white?) they are better prepared for the written exam. This sounds like a load of crap. In fact I cannot imagine trying to sue because I did poorly on an exam..I would be mortified I did so poorly and study my head off for next time..hey any of them think about asking the guys who did well for a few pointers? Nope..lets just sue and see if I can have something handed to me with no effort.
AHHHHHHHHHH. I want to scream.