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KenDckey -> Racial Disparity (6/27/2015 6:16:05 AM)
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http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/13-1371_m64o.pdf
In the decision of Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs V Inclusive Communities Projects Inc., SCOTUS ruled in favor of racial disparity even when there was no intent.
In his disagreement, Justice Thomas Stated
"Racial imbalances do not always disfavor minorities. At
various times in history, “racial or ethnic minorities . . .
have owned or directed more than half of whole industries
in particular nations.” Sowell 8. These minorities “have
included the Chinese in Malaysia, the Lebanese in West
Africa, Greeks in the Ottoman Empire, Britons in Argen
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tina, Belgians in Russia, Jews in Poland, and Spaniards in
Chile—among many others.”
Ibid.
(footnotes omitted). “In
the seventeenth century Ottoman Empire,” this phenome
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non was seen in the palace itself, where the “medical staff
consisted of 41 Jews and 21 Muslims.”
Ibid
. And in our
own country, for roughly a quarter-century now, over 70
percent of National Basketball Association players have
been black. R. Lapchick, D. Donovan, E. Loomer, & L.
Martinez, Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, U. of
Central Fla., The 2014 Racial and Gender Report Card:
National Basketball Association 21 (June 24, 2014). To
presume that these and all other measurable disparities
are products of racial discrimination is to ignore the com
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plexities of human existence. " Page 37 of 75 in the PDF format
Using this as a basis, it would then be required to require that every job (even existing employees) must be measured against this standard and corrections made. I see this decision as having far reaching impact upon our society beyond the original intent
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