The incident was caused by the legal theory of Disparate Impact, that makes the employer responsible for having equality of outcome despite any inequalities in the labor force caused by say, the shit urban schools.
Thus, the city, felt they HAD to discriminate against the white firefighters.
That theory was not something that only happens in New Haven, but is universal in our society.
The court system initially ruled in favor of anti-white discrimination.
When it reached the Supreme Court, the ruling, as normal in such cases, was by party lines with the dem appointed judges all in favor of blatant anti-white discrimination,
while the gop appointed judges ruled against the discrimination, BUT narrowly, not against the Disparate Impact Theory itself.
This shows that anti-whites discrimination is supported by both sides of the political divide.
None of that post validates the claims that "white racism is pretty much a dead issue" or that this country "has for generations been actively discriminating against whites."
As far as the New Haven firefighters, so far as I know they won their case, and were given back pay to the tune of $2 million. And while the case did not invalidate disparate impact, my reading of it is that it created a stronger standard to fill in such cases. Employers will have a harder time using fears of a disparate impact law suit as a defense for race-based decisions.
It demonstrates both the intent and the practice of the Law.
Yes, the fire fighers won. After they took it all the way to the Supreme Court. ANd they won by a 5-4 split.
The basic issue that Disparate Impact is still a valid grounds for suing puts the employers, ALL EMPLOYERS in the same boat where they can be held accountable for the failure of blacks to be qualified.
AND, as demographic shift continues, do you doubt that it will be long before a major liberal court reverses that ruling?
Disparate impact is not, so far as I'm aware, exclusive to blacks or any one race.
It is exclusive to "protected classes" which means anyone not a white male.
Blacks and browns are the primary focus.
You talk about protected classes. Why are there protected classes? What are they being protected against?
Why would white men not be a protected class?
They are protected against the boogeyman of white racism.
THe result is a form of Privilege, in the medieval sense of the word.
White men are not protected because they are who the policies and laws are designed to discriminate AGAINST.