Lewis Vs Chicago Case Study

Katherine Godfrey applied to be a firefighter for the city of Chicago. After going through a physical test she was denied, due to the written application. Katherine believed that was discriminating, based on gender.
A similar case was ruled in 2002. The case was Lewis v. Chicago. Lewis sued based on the way the application use to work and thought discrimination was a part of it. When someone applied to be a firefighter in the city of Chicago they would put your application into categories. The categories were based off score. If someone scored an eighty-nine or better the application was put in one pile. If someone scored between a sixty-five or eighty-eight your application was put in another pile. The city of Chicago has no reasoning for why this process happens except that they want someone ambitious and determined. The issue with this process is that a lot of people do not score an eighty-nine or greater on the written examination. Between 1996 and 2002 six thousand African Americans applied to be a firefighter. None of them were hired because they scored below an eighty-nine. Economic justice writes, “In 2002, the district court held that Chicago violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act …show more content…
Lewis v the city of Chicago represents that. The district court changed the application process to not be structured and allow many diverse applicants to be hired. Godfrey v the city of Chicago was not a valid argument. On average, twenty thousand people a year fail the written application to be a firefighter (Godfrey 1). Katherine Godfrey was one of them. The city of Chicago has on average responds to one hundred thousand calls a month. Due to the fast paced and hard job they have made the application process structured. They need someone who is in great physical shape and can work as a team. Not everyone can handle those requirements. That is why the application process is so particular is who is