It is rural southerners that fight on the front-lines, not blacks, says this story:
Examples:
* Of the Army’s 45,586 enlisted combat infantryman, 10.6% are black.
* Of the Air Force’s 12,000 pilots, 245, or about 2%, are black.
* In the Navy, 2.5% of the pilots are black.
Senior Air Force officials say they are troubled by the number of black pilots and plan to do better.
OK, so now, the story indicates that blacks gravitate toward non-combat positions so they can aquire marketable skills, while putting them on the front-lines puts them at more risk. So, isn’t it “racist” to encourage black soldiers to be at the front-lines, instead of allowing them to build skills for the civilian sector? Or is it “racist” to let them be stereotyped as paper pushers? Hmmm….
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