[muawiyah]

No, the government is saying the test unnecessarily discriminates against illiterate folks ~ that you do not need to know how to read (well) to perform the duties of the job.

Then they say, BTW, this also discriminates against blacks because they are more likely to be illiterate (in that area).

Seems pretty clear what was going on. Not that someone hadn't thought this one up before ~ probably many times.

The labor analysts who caught this on an audit undoubtedly knew what to look for ~ and found it. Now, just how is it you suppose they knew.

[HereInTheHeartland]

“Then they say, BTW, this also discriminates against blacks because they are more likely to be illiterate (in that area).”

Oh I understand that. I just find it very demeaning that a certain racial group (blacks) are assumed to not be literate.

It basically assumes that they are a lower class of citizen and shouldn’t be expected to be literate.