Word: aptitude
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Such efforts have vastly expanded job opportunities for blacks. But they have also touched off complaints from many whites that blacks are benefiting from reverse discrimination. Much of the anger is aimed at so-called race norming, in which scores on employment-aptitud e tests are ranked on different racial curves. Whites usually score higher on such examinations than blacks and Hispanics. To be ranked in the top 99% of applicants on one widely used test, for example, a white applicant must score 405 out of a possible 500 points. To get the same ranking, a black would have...
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