Four days ago, the woke Washington state supreme court ruled that passing the bar exam is no longer required to get a law license in the state. Why? Because, said the court, such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law." IOW, certain minorities have had a high failure rate on the bar exam, so the court has decided that law-school graduates no longer need to pass the bar exam to practice law (LINK).
Humm, shall we apply that same bizarre reasoning to the medical licensing examination required for obtaining a license to practice medicine?! Right now, all state medical boards require the completion of either the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) in order to obtain a medical license. But if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on those examinations, a woke court could decide that requiring those examinations for a medical license is "discriminatory."
How about the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) test required for anyone who wants to become a commercial airline pilot? What if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on the ATP test? Shall we label the test discriminatory and let people who can't pass it fly airliners anyway? (And would it also be "discriminatory" to warn passengers which pilots did not take the ATP test?)
Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?
Humm, shall we apply that same bizarre reasoning to the medical licensing examination required for obtaining a license to practice medicine?! Right now, all state medical boards require the completion of either the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) or the Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination (COMLEX-USA) in order to obtain a medical license. But if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on those examinations, a woke court could decide that requiring those examinations for a medical license is "discriminatory."
How about the Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) test required for anyone who wants to become a commercial airline pilot? What if it turns out that certain minorities have an unusually high failure rate on the ATP test? Shall we label the test discriminatory and let people who can't pass it fly airliners anyway? (And would it also be "discriminatory" to warn passengers which pilots did not take the ATP test?)
Just how far down the road of crazy and ridiculous are the woke folks going to take us?