Shami-Amourae
14th March 2015, 07:31 PM
An Asian firefighter wannabe is suing the FDNY over its physical exam, saying it discriminates against minorities — because their lungs aren’t as big as those of white people.
Rickey Lall, 32, who is of Indian ancestry and lives in The Bronx, claims in his Manhattan Supreme Court suit that he passed all the city Fire Department’s entrance exams in 2013 with flying colors except for a pulmonary-function test administered to detect lung disease.
Lall says the test’s metrics are unfair because studies show “there are differences in normal lung volumes among various ethnic or racial groups.’’
Blacks and Asians, for example, have a 12 percent lower volume, his suit states.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/14/aspiring-firefighter-sues-fdny-over-breath-test-exam/
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Because race doesn't matter. We're all equal.
:rolleyes:
Rickey Lall, 32, who is of Indian ancestry and lives in The Bronx, claims in his Manhattan Supreme Court suit that he passed all the city Fire Department’s entrance exams in 2013 with flying colors except for a pulmonary-function test administered to detect lung disease.
Lall says the test’s metrics are unfair because studies show “there are differences in normal lung volumes among various ethnic or racial groups.’’
Blacks and Asians, for example, have a 12 percent lower volume, his suit states.
http://nypost.com/2015/03/14/aspiring-firefighter-sues-fdny-over-breath-test-exam/
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Because race doesn't matter. We're all equal.
:rolleyes: