[lbo-talk] blacks shun military

[Michael Smith]

On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 14:24 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>  the number of young black enlistees has fallen by more than 58  
> percent since fiscal year 2000. 

So I wonder -- where those this leave AA's and the melanin-challenged 
respectively as regards enlistment rates per cap of the eligible
demographic? Were black rates formerly higher than white ones? Are 
they now lower? What happens when you correct for income etc.?