A Segregated Fire Department?

In a recent hearing by the U.S. district judge, the New York City fire department has been found guilty of using entrance exams that deliberately kept out African American and Latino Americans off the force. In response to this the judge ordered that 128 million dollars be paid to the fire fighters and that the New York Fire Department hire at least 293 African American or Latino Americans. This seems to be a fair ruling to try to get the percent of minorities on the force more proportional to the amount living in the city. What do you think about this ruling?