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Austin, Texas Settles Reverse Discrimination Suit
By Thomas J. Crane on
Posted in Discrimination
The City of Austin, Texas settled a discrimination lawsuit against the Fire Department for $850,000. See Austin American Statesman report. The lawsuit had been filed by two white Fire Battalion chiefs who complained that two minority candidates who ranked lower were selected over them for promotion to Assistant Chief. The lawsuit claimed the selections…