December 8, 2009
The One Florida Initiative, a reaction to Ward Connerly’s campaign to end government racial preferences in the state, was an executive order issued by former Governor Jeb Bush barring race-based preferences in government hiring, contracting, and admissions. “Although generally sympathetic to Connerly’s campaign, Bush worried that Connerly’s constitutional proposal would sharply divide Floridians, create substantial [...]
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December 8, 2009
Last month, a black firefighter in New Haven named Michael Briscoe decided to sue city hall, claiming the promotions exam had a disparate impact on blacks. No blacks scored high enough to qualify. He contended that giving more weight to the written part of the test over the oral was a disadvantage to blacks. The [...]
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