Kati, I guess I am confused by two things you mention in this and your other posts on this topic.

• You write as if you are intimately well-informed on the contents of this test; how individual whites and blacks answered and scored on the New Haven exam; and what other fire departments in other parts of the country use for promotion. Though I can assume you are full of it, what evidence or sources do you have for any of this?
• If testing is just "trick" are you saying whites and Asian are somehow craftier and that blacks are just more honest in their skills and knowledge? Is "thinking on one's feet" the ultimate test of any job? Managerial skills, understanding of codes and laws, and basically factual knowledge is all BS? I mean, I could partly evaluate a surgeon based, say, on his knowledge of the body, but I should merely focus on how he subjectively interviews? Book learning is a scam and a crutch for racist whites and Asians?