CNN: Military data reveals dangerous reality for black service members and veterans
Washington (CNN)Top US military officials are seeking to reassure the nation's roughly two million active duty and reserve personnel that they are committed to addressing issues of racial inequality across the branches following George Floyd's death and protests across the country.
But the challenges they face are huge.
A CNN review of data provided by the Pentagon and Department of Veterans Affairs reveals the stark reality that black service members are less likely to become officers and, as a result, are more likely to be seriously injured serving their country than their white colleagues.
Those issues are very much intertwined, according to David Shulkin, who previously served as President Donald Trump's Veterans Affairs Secretary.
"While there's been some increase in relative numbers in minority officers, it's not been proportional to the increase that we're serving, so therefore you do have more minority members serving in the front line jobs and therefore getting higher numbers of these injuries," he told CNN in an interview Friday.
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WNU Editor: I was surprised when I saw these stats. I thought the percentage was much higher for Blacks serving in the military than what is shown in these graphs. Education is also playing a bigger role in who becomes an officer in the US military. Unfortunately the above report does not give any stats on what are the educational levels for each ethnic group in the US military and for its officers. I am not surprised that the percentage of non-whites and non-blacks are increasing. We saw that type of change today at West Point .... Woman becomes first observant Sikh to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point (CNN).
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A lot of black Americans join the military as enlisted personnel to get training in related civilian trade occupations, like vehicle mechanic, so they can get civilian employment when they release. If you're going to learn a skill, why not get the military to pay for it instead of paying to go to college or a trade school.
"Unfortunately the above report does not give any stats on what are the educational levels for each ethnic group in the US military and for its officers."
Ask why 5 times.
WNU 'Started off by 'asking' why once (just a start): education.
Why is education bad? > Schools > Democrats.
I think 11:41 has a good point too.
Whit an increase of non-whites. there are fewer string ti pull if so desired. So it is not the 'structural racism' strawman that lazy Marxist academics lie about.
The article tries to say the imbalance between Minority officer and enlisted ranks shows some inherent problem with promotions. Less minorities join the military as officers. Few of any race transition from enlisted to officer rank..
Data presented without an appreciation of how the military’s. Works.
Actually in my experience quite a few people transition from enlisted to officer. Also, unlike many corporations the military has transitional prep schools to last for several weeks to educate minorities and others, so they can enter the academies.
https://www.westpoint.edu/usmaps
https://www.usna.edu/NAPS/index.phpS
There are 4 different ways to go from enlisted to officer. Truly America is fucked, because journos are lazy or fucked in the head.
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