If it is shown on remand that the city’s hiring of
African Americans has increased substantially since
inception of the consent decree in 1980 and that
the fire department has closed some, but not all,
of the gap between the racial composition of its
workforce and the percentage of qualified African
Americans in the surrounding area, would that be
evidence that there is no longer a compelling governmental interest at stake or does it simply demonstrate the efficacy and continued necessity of the
affirmative action plan that has been in place?
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