On 02/07/10 19:47, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
>> I can see it either way. On one level, it could have been a "harmless
>> accident" (who's supposed to guess that something like reading
>> comprehension would become such a big issue?). On the other hand, I can
>> also see it as "We know these guys suck at reading comprehension. Let's
>> make it a big part of the test, and set the time constraints in a manner
>> such that they're much more likely to fail."
> 
> But saying "black people suck at reading comprehension, so we should dumb 
> the test down by asking for less reading" would also be discrimination.

	Except that the test wasn't dumbed down in any relevant manner.

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