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.
I remember an article from the Gulf war stating more black soldiers were killed in combat buy also latinos were also over represented. So I did a quick search and from Scripps Howard News Service I found this article
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/immigration/iraq.htm
Here is an excerpt:
“Nearly a fifth of the fatalities among U.S. troops in the current war in Iraq are black, which will be the highest cost African Americans have paid in any of America’s
wars if the trend continues.
There are also indications that Hispanics may be over-represented among the war dead, according to a Scripps Howard News Service study.
This isn’t the result of minorities being assigned to dangerous duty in front-line units. Elite combat troops like Special Forces units and the Green Berets are
disproportionately white, military experts said. The U.S. Army’s dash to Baghdad forced supply convoys occasionally to traverse enemy-held territory in southern
and central Iraq, leaving minority troops assigned to logistical units vulnerable.”