Well said captcul and Papakilo.

More disractions by frivolous law suits and groups living off the public spot light. Like many occupations, there are mental and physical REQUIREMENTS. If some folks (red, white, green, black, brown, etc.) can't exceed those requirements, I for one, as a citizen and taxpayer in Jacksonville, do not want any individual to be hired just to fill some arbitrated balance for any race, color, or creed. I want our safety departments populated just by the most qualified personnel possible. The various jobs in all of our safety departments (police, fire, emergency services, etc.) are not made better professionally or technically by any particular race, color or creed. I don't care about those things when a life or safety is at stake. Each and every individual needs to perform all their duties with knowledge, skill, and physical ability. Those goals are not achieved by having an equal balance of race, color or creed...and do not serve this city by lowering any standard or requirement to that end. Safety is not a popularity, beauty, balancing contest, it is a job in which saving lives and property are goal. Our city leaders need to get some back bone and stop really stupid suits.

disgusting. if white folks did this there would be an outcry of discrimination by black people. this group continues to feed the separation of Americans based on color of skin.