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  • Ricci Limerick

    I'm behind in my reading, and I can't believe no one took Ms. Lithwick up on her invitation to find a limerick for the Ricci case, so I've surely missed the relevant thread. But I took a crack at it, and here 'tis: If New Haven's standards were too exact, Their results were sure to have disparate impact. But for poor, Mr. Ricci Will they ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by gluon1 on June 30, 2009

  • Re: New Haven-the descrimination is built in

    Tony, do you have any suggestions? And i'm looking for something more serious than ''Fire the teachers and fire the mayor.''
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by TripleJ on June 29, 2009

  • Re: New Haven-the descrimination is built in

    the effect of Fixing the schools could take decades to be felt. What to do in the meantinme? Tony, how literary does a fireman need to be? If you're in a burning building do you want some bookworm coming in to carry you out or a big strong guy?
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by TripleJ on June 29, 2009

  • Supreme Court message to Sotomayor

    The firemens' case is now closed, Promotional test's reimposed; The High Court's recision Of this one decision Tells Sotomayor she'll get hosed. News Short n' Sweet by JFD8 http://twitter.com/JFD8
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by JD8 on June 29, 2009

  • New Haven-the descrimination is built in

    I used to live there and I see a difficult problem. The City is one of the poorest in the Country. The poor in the city are majority Black. they go to schools that are for the most part crap. The city population is about 50/50. The fire department and cops are 90% white. The higher-ups in the departments are 99% white. There has been a history of ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by TripleJ on June 29, 2009