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Nurses at City Hospital Must Successfully Pass a Test to Be

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Nurses at City Hospital must successfully pass a test to be promoted. The test was job related and professionally developed and validated. This year, the city discovered that African American and Hispanic nurses taking the test scored significantly lower than white and Asian nurses. Therefore,


A) based on Ricci v. DeStefano, the city should ignore the test scores in making promotions to avoid discrimination against the African American and Hispanic nurses.
B) based on Ricci v. DeStefano, the city should use the test scores in making promotions to avoid discrimination against the white and Asian nurses.
C) based on Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, the city should ignore the test scores in making promotions to avoid discrimination against the African American and Hispanic nurses.
D) based on Johnson v. Transportation Agency, Santa Clara County, the city should use the test scores in making promotions to avoid discrimination against the white and Asian nurses.

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