Every time I hear about this black group or that "African American" organization complaining about the "racism" of civil service tests, I'm embarrassed. Why does suing always occur to people instead of studying and working harder? After battling actual racial discrimination during the civil rights movement, in which people lost their lives, blacks in 2009 believe a fire department is discriminating against them because they couldn't score high enough on a test? Chilling. Did I mention embarrassing?
America has advanced far enough in its race relations for the government to begin treating individuals as individuals, and not prefer or discriminate against them based on group membership. There are no shades of gray when it comes to racial discrimination - only black and white, pardon the pun. Anyone who opposes discrimination against blacks but supports discrimination against whites is a hypocrite. Perhaps one day, far, far into the future, the Los Angeles Times will agree with that sentiment.