Posted on Oct 31, 2015
In Korea, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War, 80% or more of all fatalities were white. Why is that?
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http://fas.org/sgp/crs/natsec/RL32492.pdf
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It's a fact more whites died than members of any other ethnic group. I can think of a number of possible explanations, the foremost being that perhaps 80% of the armed forces in those eras were white. That's not how I remember it though. I remember being a part of a multicultural group of people, all eager to serve our country. I did not once feel like I was in a majority by being white of skin. (*Although I consider myself of American Indian heritage, the majority of my ancestors were white so I check that box on such questions.)
Page 10.
It's a fact more whites died than members of any other ethnic group. I can think of a number of possible explanations, the foremost being that perhaps 80% of the armed forces in those eras were white. That's not how I remember it though. I remember being a part of a multicultural group of people, all eager to serve our country. I did not once feel like I was in a majority by being white of skin. (*Although I consider myself of American Indian heritage, the majority of my ancestors were white so I check that box on such questions.)
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CPT Brent Ferguson
In my opinion it is quite simply because white is the majority ethnic group.
Can I ask you what prompted this question?
In my opinion it is quite simply because white is the majority ethnic group.
Can I ask you what prompted this question?
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Dumbass question of the year. Did you ever study the racial make-up of the US, Captain. Look around your unit and see what the ratio is. Yes, we may have more minorities serving than before but I can look back on my years of service and remember what it was then. And I'm going back about 40 years.
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