Neeum Zawan <m.n### [at] ieeeorg> wrote:
> http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hzSshxj3_ArctG2PKsP2_rYMV7iA

  I especially like the last paragraph:

"One group of firefighters threatened to sue for discrimination if
promotions were made based on the test results, and others said they
would sue if the city ignored the results and denied promotions to
candidates who did well."

  That is wrong in *so* many levels I cannot even count. This is what the
world has become.

> > americans to schools who did better than the asians, or something like

>         This is a new one for me. My Asian colleague keeps pointing out that 
> they're never the beneficiaries of affirmative action (which he is 
> against).

  A cynic could say that Asians might not be "colored enough" to get
special treatment...

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                                                          - Warp

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