Sharpton/MSNBC Guest Falsely Claim Minorities Suffer Disproportionate Military Deaths

NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[King of Florida]

[TigerClaws]

A frequently repeated lie about Vietnam deaths as well.

[centurion316]

The only reason that Black casualties in Vietnam were lower than whites is because the Navy was throwing them overboard to be eaten by Sharks leaving a trail of Sharks from Oakland to Cam Ran Bay. This has been covered up for years.

[MNnice]

The combat arms units of the military are predominantly white. Non-white people serve in the rear essentially.

[SandRat]

What you have said.

[Undecided 2012]

this is absolute bs, I am ex military and minorities were disproportionally in the rear with the gear or cooks or supply

[Wu]

Amen!

[ABN 505]

Now we know why the food was lousy, the uniforms were never the right size and the supplies were never there when you needed them.

[CSM]

There is no “race” for Servicemembers. When I was in the Army, we were all green.

[Trillian]

I want to know how they can lie about so much and then ignore all the ghetto deaths they inflict upon one another. It just shows how much they don’t care.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I remember 45years ago claims that more Hispanic American soldiers were dieing in Viet Nam than Anglos.

[sean327]

That’s complete horseshiite. You can walk up to any Marine Corps infantry platoon, tank company, or artillery battery and the faces are the same as you would see in supply, motor transport, or the chow hall. The racial make up is about the same across the board in Marine Corps units with a small exception in aviation units.

[blueunicorn6]

Look at the videos of the graduation ceremony for Infantry AIT in the Army.

[silverleaf]

So commanders have to make sure at least one white guy gets killed for every minority

[farming pharmer]

[kearnyirish2]

Now they’ll be making sure white women make their allocated share of sacrifices as well...