A Seattle firefighter who was the top scorer on a promotional test but was denied promotion, while a lower-scoring African-American co-worker was promoted, has won his appeal and will have a trial in his case against the city.

In 2003 Dumont scored 99 on the Civil Service test and received an additional 6 points for in-service qualifications, for 105 out of a possible 110, highest of any candidates for promotion, according to the Court of Appeals documents.

But he was passed over for the job as fireboat engineer in favor of Eric Lanier. Lanier, court documents say, scored 83.9 on the test but received the maximum 10 points for in-service qualifications for a total of 93.9, which ranked him third on the promotion list.

According to court documents, Dumont had no disciplinary complaints in his file, but Lanier’s personnel file showed he had been subjected to official discipline 17 times during his career, including two suspensions.

In the other four instances, the promoted person was a racial or ethnic minority, while the top-scoring person was a white male, court documents say.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/loca...s/2008764850_discrimination20m.html

HI BILLY MAYES HERE.

FUCKING SPOOKS FUCKING UP MAH BIG CITY SLIDER SHIT WITH THEIR WATERMELONS AND GANGSTA RAP.


CALL GLENN BECK AND MY MAN HAL TURNER. THEM NIGGERS BE HANGING HERCULES HOOKS BY DAWN.


NOT THAT YOU FUCKING RTTP JEWS DESERVE IT.

oh hi 25 years ago. here's your argument back.

of all the gay, smarmy, lame attempts at a witty sarcastic comment in the history of return to the pit, this, is the biggest and most epic fail.

congrats buddy

You know something has hit home when the responses to it are flails.

Affirmitive action in Seattle? It's more likely than you think.

Hope this guy rightly wins his case.

SERIOUSLY

i'm right though, so i don't really care what your smarmy, lame attempt at a witty burn suggests.

1.it wasn't an attempt at a burn, nor was it smarmy, or an attempt at wit.

2.you are definately not right, this arguement is still current and relevant as long as it is still a problem

3.if you did not care, you would not have responded....would you sweetie?

I have to agree with conservationist. It should be based on individual experience and achievement NOT the color of your skin.

^^obviously.^^

I agree.

History also lets us know that "diversity" destroys nations, so for other reasons I oppose multiculturalism.

This sounds very similar to the kitchen table argument in American History X.

"I WILL CUT YOUR SHYLOCK NOSE OFF!
YOU THINK I'M JUST GONNA SIT HERE AND SMILE WHILE SOME KIKE TRIES TO FUCK MY MOM?
YOU SEE THIS? IT MEANS NOT WELCOME!!"

oh....wait, wrong AHX dinner convo. hah

Oh, you mean the convo where the guy gets raped in the shower?

haha

"Awkwarrrrrrd..."

If you can't win an argument, call the opposition Nazis. Godwin's law to the rescue FTW

You ever hear about that the real ending to AhX was going to be??

You mean the big dance number?

oh, i thouht it was more like one giant public school urination on the true john connor's dead body.

reverse discrimination is counter-productive.

Anyone remember when Bill Cosby smashed most of today's black culture? He thinks it's pathetic.

Can anyone disagree with him?

Bill Cosby is 100% right.

That's not to say that today's white youth/culture is equally as pathetic. White kid's trying to be like a bunch of YO's? Lacking intelligence and deforming the English language is the "in" thing. Sad, really.

The worst is the generation that is in highschool right now.
They're actually writing "cuz" and "u" on essays for school. The english language is being watered down by the youth, mainly because technology is making them LAZY and incapable.
It's a sad, sad future for 85% of American children.

anyone under the age of 21 right now is a useless piece of shit.

HOW COULD THE LESSONS OF THE HUXTABLE FAMILY FALL ON DEAF EARS?!?

Not if you can afford a hot little 19 yo girlfriend. And by "girlfriend" I mean arm candy that speaks only when spoken to.

In addition to not being based on the color of your skin or gender can we also add "My dad's a firefighter and his dad was a firefighter! So even though I'm an oxy popping shithead who couldn't even finish 10th grade and will show up high for the physical exam I'm going to get a job with the BFD" to the list of things not considered?

No, regular nepotism is still OK.

Fuck nepotism, but hail a caste system -- problem solved.

Quaint, some person from the interesting flyover states has graced us with his presence. I'm sure he knows how to match a scarf to a sweater -- not! How utterly out of fashion.

no, you aren't. And we know you don't care about his opinion. You wouldn't be having this argument if you cared about anyone's opinion other than your own.

Caring about the opinions of the hoi polloi (that means "Republicans, auto mechanics and other red state second-raters" in French) smacks of declasse indulgence. Cannot we find some more stimulating topic to discuss, like the great successes of affirmative action in producing the Huxtable Era?

i would find someone who is qualified losing a job to such a situation, just as annoying as the above listed story.

all forms of bias are fucked up.....

Relax. The only people who have bias are the majority in their suburban homes. They oppose us. We recognize they are dinosaurs, and so are rightly biased against them.