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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:18 AM Original message |
Military Sees Drop in Black Recruits |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. And blacks are concentrated in 'support' specialties, not combat ones. |
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Solo_in_MD (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Indeed, a disproportionate share of the grunts in combat are white males contrary to what some |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. That's exactly right. Being in the infantry is a 'white' thing. nt |
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tabasco (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #9 |
19. Last time I checked, blacks were about 25% of the infantry. |
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entanglement (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
13. And the beneficiaries of the war are disproportionately RICH white males |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:21 AM Response to Original message |
2. Smart! How much are other recruits down, I wonder? |
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Matsubara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
3. Yay people of color! |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:30 AM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Kind of a nice turnabout compared to what happened in Vietnam. nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. To paraphrase: Ain't no Iraqi ever call you 'oversensitive'. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
6. No need to single out blacks, all recruits are down thanks to Bush's fake war. nt |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:28 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Disagree |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:06 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. Absolutely, but still the backlash against Bush's illegal war spans all races and genders |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Au contraire. The percentages of blacks enlisting have gone down. Early in the war, actually.nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
12. The drop among African Americans has been more dramatic than among other groups.... |
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schrodinger_I (683 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
8. Kids aren't dumb... |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
14. The military is just planning on trading one minority for another...hispanics (and illegals). |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Hispanics have been under represented because of culture and language.. |
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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 11:20 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Offering citizenship in exchange for military service won't hurt, either. n/t |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 12:59 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. The military has always done that. |
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Grandrose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-24-07 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
15. In some ways they are the canary down in the mine! |
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