Damn That Educational System!
African-Americans aren't joining the military like they used to; in fact, recruitment numbers are falling. I can think of many reasons for this (racial stereotypes about the military that they have yet to debunk, the current Administration's record on race issues, the fact that many black people don't see the point in killing another minority group for oil) but it seems that one military intellectual has the answer: that damn educational system!
Yeah; how dare black people go to school! How's a text book going to protect them from the terrorists?
See, that quote tells me too things: (1) Sgt. Wright seems to like recruiting people either straight out of high school or stuck in dead-end jobs (which re-enforces the military stereotype comment); and the military must be in a serious hole for people like the Sgt. to be going "high schools every day."
Sgt. Terry Wright, an Army recruiter in Tampa, Fla. said young people in the black community have more education and job opportunities now than when he joined the service 14 years ago.
"I go to high schools every day, and for the most part it strikes me how many of them are serious about going to college," said Wright, 32.
Yeah; how dare black people go to school! How's a text book going to protect them from the terrorists?
See, that quote tells me too things: (1) Sgt. Wright seems to like recruiting people either straight out of high school or stuck in dead-end jobs (which re-enforces the military stereotype comment); and the military must be in a serious hole for people like the Sgt. to be going "high schools every day."
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