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* Whereas blacks comprise 17% of Americans ages 18-39 with high school degrees, they represent only a slightly larger proportion of enlisted soldiers, at 21%.
* Whites were significantly overrepresented among enlisted Army personnel in 2010 * While 58% of Americans 18-39 years old are white, 64% of the Army's enlisted men and women are. * Whites are underrepresented to a minor degree in only one category, in which blacks are overrepresented: Army officers * 74% of 25-54 year-olds with bachelor's degrees are white * 72% of Army officers are white * 8% of 25-54 year-olds with B.A.s are black * 13% of Army officers are black * While 60% of 18-24 year-olds with a high school degree are white and 17% are black, 64% of new enlistees are white and 19% are black. * Asians and Pacific Islanders, which make up the fastest-growing American demographic, are underrepresented in the Army, as are Hispanics. That gives us majority control of some heavy weaponry including the nuclear arsenal. ![]() |
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You never heard of the Mexican Asian tensions and your from california? WOW.....maybe you didn't see it mentioned on TV and thought it never happened.
---------- Post added 2012-04-09 at 22:38 ---------- Here one article I found there is more, but I am not going to make this a big issue....just thought if you were from the west coast you have heard of it or maybe experienced it. Probably died down by now... http://articles.latimes.com/1993-06-...el-high-school |
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A race war in America? Really? It wont happen anytime soon. Too many Whites are friends with minorities for there to be a race war.
---------- Post added 2012-04-09 at 22:40 ---------- You never heard of the Mexican Asian tensions and your from california? WOW.....maybe you didn't see it mentioned on TV and thought it never happened. |
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IMO, I think a race war here is very unlikely. However, this depends on the income/education/quality of life gap between the races. Naturally, the wider the gap, the more likely that is.
However, the long-term trend is a narrowing of the gap between the races - particularly white/afram gap. I actually compared the 1990 to 2000 changes for certain cities in the Southern US (irrelevant they may not be). The figures were those who earned $75,000 in 1990 vs $100,000 in 2000*, and I found the % of Aframs within this category or higher more than doubled, and in a few cities even tripled. It's been a few years since I looked at this, but I'll do it again if you request I do so. It's simply data from the US Census Bureau. Steering back to topic, if race war breaks out in the near future, it probably will not be due to standard-of-living gaps between the races (barring an unpredictable abrupt widening in the future). Also, interracial marriages are rising over time. This tells me that prejudice is on the long term increase. Still, a lot of this probably has to do with the narrowing income gap. Financial success does A LOT to reduce negative stereotypes, thus reducing distrust (whether it actually increases outright trust is another question). So in the end, the ultimate issue is "How many people out there are willing to take a bullet for the sake of any conceivable racial/ethnic mistrust?". So far, nobody within each groups mainstream is willing to. That tells me that the US can very well gracefully switch over from a majority-white nation to a mere plurality-white one. But a lot can happen in the 40 yrs or so, the timeline in which this will take place. *This takes into account inflation. Genrally, 2 to 3% yearly inflation rate is pretty good. That translates into about a 30% per decade inflation rate. Because 100K = 1/3 more than 75K, I think this is the most fair and accurate assessment - for the purchasing power of each income is more or less the same. |
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I don't have any fantasies for a race war. I think its more likely then some people on here like to believe, but thats just me and other people who share this opinion. Of Course I don't want it to happen, but when members of a White Nationalist organization are patrolling white neighborhoods in florida with "weapons" and zimmerman not yet to be prosecuted I don't see that as a good sign. It is a long shot though. And our president is mulatto, not black. And he won the election more because he was a democrat rather then a republican......I would debunk you but the flaws in your post are glaring...
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This is why I always laugh when some obsessed yankee members try to patronize other places about racism and racial tensions. Take care of your own backyard first guys. |
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Right now, I don't see racial tensions evolving to something as serious as riots, for example. If you want to see a real "race war", then take a look at Bolivia's situation. The USA is become increasingly segregated, so we'll have to see how it turns out. However, in my opinion, we're better off than most countries in terms of racial relations.
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there is only a couple of scenarios for something similar to a "race war" happening.
1 - US government finally decides to do what it is supposed to do and begins mass deportations of illegal immigrants - I can totally see this becoming a violent affair with south-american combatants fighting US armed forces and local white activists; 2 - something similar to Detroit or LA race riots spills over into the suburbs, these day "suburbanites" are way more willing to use firearms to defend themselves so that type of thing can turn into a "race war" until armed forces arrive. but that's about it. |
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