According to Tuesday's New Haven Register, the fourteen New Haven firefighters, who were denied promotion in 2003 due to a racial quota system, will be promoted. A formal promotion ceremony is scheduled for December 10th.
Last week the Civil Service Commission, in a unanimous vote, certified two 2003 promotional lists for fire captain and lieutenant, clearing the way for the city to present the lists to the fire commission.
The victory here is for people who believe that people should be promoted on merit regardless of the color of their skin. If a minority is not doing well on a specific test, spend some time teaching the members of that minority what they need to know in order to be promoted, don't penalize the people who scored well on the test.
Martin Luther King, Jr., wanted color blindness--not color preference.
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