by the Justice Department and the NAACP?
"The U.S. Justice Department has found that the math portion of the Virginia Beach Police Department’s entrance exam discriminates against black and Hispanic applicants.
The hiring practices of the city’s police and fire departments were called into question in 2004 after a study showed a disparity between the racial composition of its population and its police and fire departments.
'We want to increase our minority representation,' Jacocks said Wednesday. “It is important for us to do that. I am not convinced that a simple math test is the cause of our problem.'”
update 02/10/06: it appears that three other cities use this same test: Chesapeake, Hampton and Newport News.
also, the pilotonline site has five sample questions asked on the test here. as my boyfriend told me last night (from when he took the test) they are very easy. i got all five correct. someone please tell me what is discriminatory about this?
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