I have to write a paper on my community, and how race relates to it.
2007-02-03 17:09:12 · 9 answers · asked by biancabass83 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I would like to add that I am also in the military, and feel that everyone is treated fairly. I am trying to see if anyone feels otherwise, and if so why.
2007-02-03 17:42:59 · update #1
With the department of defense being the largest employer in the world there are definitely more opportunities that are not given or taken based on race.
The military employs more people than any other organization, and in such also employs more minorities (relative to the population). The systems of rewards and promotions is set such that you can't be as easily identified as a minority for things like a promotion. That's on a large scale. On a smaller scale (within the individual organizations and units) there is the same likehood that minorities will be treated fairly or unfairly as they would in a civilan job.
You have to remember that people in the military are the same people that would work in any other job. There are people that come from small towns where they've never encountered a minority, there are people who have prejudices and bring that to the military.
But since the military is divided mostly based on rank there is more likely to be equality among all people based on their rank.
2007-02-03 17:21:29 · answer #1 · answered by dapoetic1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. The military is probably the most politically correct institution in the nation. It is essentially a microcosm of complete affirmative action. Diversity is promoted at all levels to meet a list of quotas by race and gender. So in this sense, pretty much every recruiting poster has a black, an asian, and a hispanic including one female. I'm serious look at them, it's funny. Now this system by its essence could be considered unfair, in that between two equally qualified individuals competing for the same position, the minority or the female is typically favored, but looking at it from a historical or a demographic perspective it could be considered as a sort of equalizing process.
2007-02-04 01:20:02 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The military is colorblind for the most part. I did my time in the Army and there were Black people of all ranks. Look at Colin Powell he retired as a 4 star General and joined the military when there was still a lot of racism in the US.
2007-02-04 01:20:07 · answer #3 · answered by Richard Cranium 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really do not know. But how would a blonde white woman wearing a mini-skirt be treated walking through Harlam at 3 o'clock in the morning ? .
2007-02-04 01:42:20 · answer #4 · answered by caciansf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
blacks do get treated fairly in the military. statistics showed in 2005 that 14% of the civillian american public where black, and that 18% of the army was black, if that means anything
2007-02-04 01:17:57 · answer #5 · answered by ItsThatGuy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In today's military race means nothing. At least it's not suppose to. I have experienced less racial tension while in the service than in civilian life.
2007-02-04 01:18:39 · answer #6 · answered by Joseph P 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-02-04 01:12:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it's one of the more color-blind institutions you'll find. I worked for minorities, with them, and supervised them. No big deal. People are people.
2007-02-04 01:12:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Has anyone heard of sharpton, j. jackson, M. X boycott the military. Your such an embosil!
2007-02-04 01:16:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋