“The Army reports that only 10 percent of its active-duty officers are black”
About 10% of the US population is black so it sounds about right to me.
The Army reports that only 10 percent of its active-duty officers are black
"Only"? If it's more than 12%, they're going to be screaming that they're over-represented and that the wars will be won on the back of Guess Who. That claim was already made with regard to Vietnam - it was entirely fictitious but you still hear it now and then.
My problem is with "Army sociologists". It could be easily solved by running the lot of them across a minefield or two to clear it. Presumably the casualties would be equally distributed racially and everyone would be happy.
Seems to me that whites have borne the brunt of the casualties in this war, too. Need to even that up.