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The diversity of the military respective to the civilian population is not uniform (no pun intended). There are significant racial differences between services,
by remarkEon 5y ago
The diversity of the military respective to the civilian population is not uniform (no pun intended). There are significant racial differences between services, and branches within services (e.g. infantry versus a combat support branch like quartermaster). It's very difficult to find accurate public data on this subject, but "the military is extremely diverse" is not as clear cut a statement as many seem to think it is.
- kasey_junk 5y agoSure. The document I listed shows a pretty outsized portion of the marines & Air Force are white. But the fact remains the military is more diverse than the civilian work force. Which given no other data implies we can rule out arguments that military service is a particularly interesting form of sacrifice for the USA in racial dimensions.