Once again, New York City is making news:
"It's the largest legal payout in city history. As of Friday, 225 people who failed the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test used for teacher licensing from 1994 to 2014 had already been notified they're getting settlements of at least $1 million, according to an analysis of Manhattan federal court records."
"The lawsuit, originally filed by four teachers in 1996, claimed that the exam was "culturally biased" in favor of white applicants. According to the plaintiffs, more than 90% of white applicants passed the multiple-choice and essay test while black applicants only passed 53% of the time. Hispanic applicants only received passing scores 50% of the time."
I'm basically speechless and can add nothing since whatever I say will be seen as racist and evidence ofwhite-supremacist thinking. All I know is that one of the questions was who was Andy Warhol. (I sure would like to see that test.)
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