Interestingly, the battalion chiefs and such who were brought into New Haven to administer the oral exams were, themselves, in the majority non-white.

And it was the minority-supported firefighters union that decided the written exam would count as 60% of the final, overall score.

Do you think that perhaps testing was put in place that might actually FAVOR minority firefighters? So why, then, did so many of them fail to make a high enough grade to earn a promotion but a dyslexic could do it?

Captain’s exam
Blacks: 3/8 passed (38%)
Whites: 16/25 passed (64%)
Hispanics: 22/41 passed (54%)

Lieutenant’s exam
Blacks: 6/19 passed (32%)
Whites: 25/43 passed (58%)
Hispanics: 34/77 passed (44%)