Study: 20 percent of war deaths are blacks

The Commercial Appeal ^ | 4/12/03 | Thomas Hargrove

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[netmilsmom]

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[jimtorr]

"African Americans are, relatively speaking, over-represented in the military. But the real point of the spear, groups like Special Ops, are almost lily white," Segal said.

Is Segal implying some sort of nefarious discrimination schemes here, or what?

I'd like to know just why any of this matters to The Commercial Appeal?

Forty years ago, the de-segregation warriors such as MLK and Jesse Jackson at least in his own mind) were talking about their desire for a colorblind society. How can there be a colorblind society when this sort of nonsense is continually made much of?

[OneVike]

It was just a matter of time before the race card was used, now we know how. These people make me want to puke. And am I the only one tired of all the coverage on looting? Even FOX is overdoing it.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Jesse Jackson will be pimping this story before noon eastern time.

[Tijeras_Slim]

How can there be a colorblind society when this sort of nonsense is continually made much of?

Colorblindness doesn't pay.

[Blennos]

This constant obsession with race in all affairs is becoming more than just annoying, it is becoming boring.

[cynicom]

Nearly 100 per cent of the KIA American soldiers were men

Now the race flap will be brought out.

[Always Right]

Let's see blacks comprise 20% of the military and 19.4% of the deaths. Boy, I can see what all the outrage is about.

[Drango]

Uh...there's a lot left out of this story. How many were left handed? How many were short? How many were from broken homes? How many were dyslexic? How mahy knew the hearbreak of psoriasis? etc.

If we are gonna count victim groups, let's count 'em all.

[RWG]

The study found the race of 19.4 percent of all fatalities in which race was able to be determined was black. African Americans represent 20 percent of all military personnel...This is exactly the quota demanded by affirmative action. The quota would not be exactly as it is supposed to be if we subtract the white dead killed by the black muslim sgt but he must have been from the naacp and knew how to keep things pc.

[OneVike]

What realy gets there crank is we rescued the wrong female soldier.

[homeagain balkansvet]

So seven more casualties were African American than might have otherwise been had we had absolute parity.

With highest respect to the lost, I ask: how is this of any meaning whatsoever? Especially given the 100 or so casualties overall? Somebody needs to learn the meaning of 'statistal sampling error' before they rant!

[11th Earl of Mar]

military experts warn that this is a difficult statistic to prove unofficially since ethnicity is self-defined.

Hmmmmm. We can 'define' our own ethnicity? I will have to keep that in mind when my [white] daughter applies for college.

[syriacus]

Hispanic casualties, although difficult to calculate exactly, also appear to be rising

Why does the article switch from discussing fatalities to discussing casualties? Or does "casualties" mean "fatalities"?

And wouldn't including the seriously injured result in a better indicator of who is fighting in "dangerous" situations? In a given dangerous situation some soldiers die and some (though seriously injured) live.

Some soldiers in the same dangerous situation are uninjured or lightly injured, too.

[11th Earl of Mar]

Let's see blacks comprise 20% of the military and 19.4% of the deaths. Boy, I can see what all the outrage is about.

How about an international law barring the killing of enemy forces unless it is done according to a strict racial quota...

[Eternal_Bear]

The racebaiters are already out in force I c. Blacks make up 17 or 18 per cent of the military age population. I don't c any statistical aberration here. It's a volunteer army too. I wonder how much Jackson and Sharpton will demand in "reparations" for this new "outrage".

[djpg]

The vast majority of people in the anti-war protest groups are white. Conclusion: the anti-war protest movement is racist.