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[jimtorr]

"African Americans are, relatively speaking, over-represented in the military. But the real point of the spear, groups like Special Ops, are almost lily white," Segal said.

Is Segal implying some sort of nefarious discrimination schemes here, or what?

I'd like to know just why any of this matters to The Commercial Appeal?

Forty years ago, the de-segregation warriors such as MLK and Jesse Jackson at least in his own mind) were talking about their desire for a colorblind society. How can there be a colorblind society when this sort of nonsense is continually made much of?

[OneVike]

It was just a matter of time before the race card was used, now we know how. These people make me want to puke. And am I the only one tired of all the coverage on looting? Even FOX is overdoing it.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Jesse Jackson will be pimping this story before noon eastern time.

[Blennos]

This constant obsession with race in all affairs is becoming more than just annoying, it is becoming boring.

[cynicom]

Nearly 100 per cent of the KIA American soldiers were men

Now the race flap will be brought out.

[Always Right]

Let's see blacks comprise 20% of the military and 19.4% of the deaths. Boy, I can see what all the outrage is about.

[Drango]

Uh...there's a lot left out of this story. How many were left handed? How many were short? How many were from broken homes? How many were dyslexic? How mahy knew the hearbreak of psoriasis? etc.

If we are gonna count victim groups, let's count 'em all.

[RWG]

The study found the race of 19.4 percent of all fatalities in which race was able to be determined was black. African Americans represent 20 percent of all military personnel...This is exactly the quota demanded by affirmative action. The quota would not be exactly as it is supposed to be if we subtract the white dead killed by the black muslim sgt but he must have been from the naacp and knew how to keep things pc.

[11th Earl of Mar]

military experts warn that this is a difficult statistic to prove unofficially since ethnicity is self-defined.

Hmmmmm. We can 'define' our own ethnicity? I will have to keep that in mind when my [white] daughter applies for college.

[syriacus]

Hispanic casualties, although difficult to calculate exactly, also appear to be rising

Why does the article switch from discussing fatalities to discussing casualties? Or does "casualties" mean "fatalities"?

And wouldn't including the seriously injured result in a better indicator of who is fighting in "dangerous" situations? In a given dangerous situation some soldiers die and some (though seriously injured) live.

Some soldiers in the same dangerous situation are uninjured or lightly injured, too.

[Eternal_Bear]

The racebaiters are already out in force I c. Blacks make up 17 or 18 per cent of the military age population. I don't c any statistical aberration here. It's a volunteer army too. I wonder how much Jackson and Sharpton will demand in "reparations" for this new "outrage".

[djpg]

The vast majority of people in the anti-war protest groups are white. Conclusion: the anti-war protest movement is racist.

[randita]

We forgot to drop the leaflets that told the Iraqi troops that in order to curry favor with the PC crowd, they had to choose their targets according to the quota system. We should have demanded affirmative action from the Iraqi killers.

Actually, when reexamined, maybe the Iraqis got it right. If the U of M can award extra points for skin color, then maybe the Iraqis can, too. White people killed should count double. Then the quotas might break perfectly.

[Samwise]

100 percent of the fatalities among U.S. troops in the current war in Iraq are American heroes who died selflessly to free Iraq and protect Americans.

They deserve our gratitude and respect.

[WIladyconservative]

Then the other EIGHTY PERCENT were NON-BLACK, correct?

[arkady_renko]

First, thanks be to God for the soldiers who have performed so well in this conflict. God bless the families of those who have lost thier kin as they left their blood in the dirt of a far away dusty land. Whatever the color of their skin, I am humbled by their service. That said...

Oh boy - thanks for the preview of the content for the Ski and Skinner radio show this weekend. Inquiring minds would like to know what 'color' of the other 80% of the deaths were.

There is going to be such an uproar from the left about every aspect of the war after it is over that I am going to shut the radio off for my own sanity. Wait till Maxine Waters sees this...

A_R

[syriacus]

I hate to take up space with this, but maybe it should be included, especially because it lists the circumstances of the deaths.

http://www.boston.com/news/packages/iraq/casualties_names.htm


[snip]

DEATHS:

April 7:

Army Staff Sgt. Lincoln Hollinsaid, 27, Malden, Ill., grenade attack

April 5:

Army Spc. Larry K. Brown, 22, of Jackson, Miss., combat

April 4:

Army Capt. Tristan N. Aitken, 31, State College, Pa., combat

Army Pfc. Wilfred D. Bellard, 20, Lake Charles, La., vehicle fell into ravine

Army Spc. Daniel Francis J. Cunningham, 33, Lewiston, Maine, vehicle fell into ravine

Marine Capt. Travis Ford, 30, Oceanside, Calif., helicopter crash

Marine Cp. Bernard G. Gooden, 22, Mount Vernon, N.Y., combat

Army Pvt. Devon D. Jones, 19, San Diego, vehicle fell into ravine

Marine 1st Lt. Brian M. McPhillips, 25, Pembroke, Mass., combat

Marine Sgt. Duane R. Rios, 25, Hammond, Ind., combat.

Marine Capt. Benjamin Sammis, 29, Rehoboth, Mass., helicopter crash

Army Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, 33, of Tampa, Fla., combat

April 3:

Marine Pfc. Chad E. Bales, 20, Coahoma, Texas, non-hostile accident

Army Sgt. Wilbert Davis, 40, Hinesville, Ga., vehicle accident

Marine Cpl. Mark A. Evnin, 21, South Burlington, Vt., combat

Army Capt. Edward J. Korn, 31, Savannah, Ga., combat

Army Staff Sgt. Nino D. Livaudais, 23, Ogden, Utah, combat

Army Spc. Ryan P. Long, 21, Seaford, Del., combat

Army Spc. Donald S. Oaks Jr., 20, Harborcreek, Pa., combat

Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Rehn, 36, Longmont, Colo., combat

Army Capt. Russell B. Rippetoe, 27, Arvada, Colo., combat

Army Sgt. Todd J. Robbins, 33, Hart, Mich., combat

Marine Cpl. Erik H. Silva, 22, Chula Vista, Calif., combat

April 2:

Army Capt. James F. Adamouski, 29, Springfield, Va., helicopter crash

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian E. Anderson, 26, Durham, N.C., non-hostile accident

Army Spc. Mathew Boule, 22, Dracut, Mass., helicopter crash

Army Master Sgt. George A. Fernandez, 36, El Paso, Texas

Marine Pfc. Christian D. Gurtner, 19, Ohio City, Ohio, non-combat weapons discharge

Army Chief Warrant Officer Erik A. Halvorsen, 40, Bennington, Vt., helicopter crash.

Army Chief Warrant Officer Scott Jamar, 32, Granbury, Texas, helicopter crash

Army Sgt. Michael Pedersen, 26, Flint, Mich., helicopter crash

Army Chief Warrant Officer Eric A. Smith, 42, Rochester, N.Y., helicopter crash

April 1:

Army Sgt. Jacob L. Butler, 24, Wellsville, Kan., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Joseph B. Maglione, 22, Lansdale, Pa., non-combat weapon discharge

March 31:

Army Spc. Brandon Rowe, 20, Roscoe, Ill., combat

Army Spc. William A. Jeffries, 39, Evansville, Ind., illness

March 30:

Marine Capt. Aaron J. Contreras, 31, Sherwood, Ore., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Michael V. Lalush, 23, Troutville, Va., helicopter crash

Marine Sgt. Brian McGinnis, 23, St. Georges, Del., helicopter crash

March 29:

Marine Staff Sgt. James Cawley, 41, Layton, Utah, combat

Army Cpl. Michael Curtin, 23, Howell, N.J., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Diego Fernando Rincon, 19, Conyers, Ga., suicide attack

Army Pfc. Michael Russell Creighton Weldon, 20, Palm Bay, Fla., suicide attack

Marine Lance Cpl. William W. White, 24, New York, vehicle accident

Army Sgt. Eugene Williams, 24, Highland, N.Y, suicide attack

March 28:

Army Sgt. Roderic A. Solomon , 32, Fayetteville, N.C., vehicle accident

March 27:

Marine Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Menusa, 33, Tracy, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jesus A. Suarez Del Solar, 20, Escondido, Calif., combat

March 26:

Marine Maj. Kevin G. Nave, 36, White Lake Township, Mich., vehicle accident

March 25:

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Michael Vann Johnson Jr., 25, Little Rock, Ark., combat

Marine Pfc. Francisco A. Martinez Flores, 21, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Donald C. May, Jr., 31, Richmond, Va., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick T. O'Day, 20, Santa Rosa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Robert M. Rodriguez, 21, New York, combat

Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, Boise, Idaho, grenade attack

March 24:

Marine Cpl. Evan James, 20, La Harpe, Ill., drowned in canal

Marine Sgt. Bradley S. Korthaus, 29, Davenport, Iowa, drowned in canal

Army Spc. Gregory P. Sanders, 19, Hobart, Ind., combat

March 23:

Army Spc. Jamaal R. Addison, 22, Roswell, Ga., combat

Marine Sgt. Michael E. Bitz, 31, Ventura, Calif., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Brian Rory Buesing, 20, Cedar Key, Fla., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. David K. Fribley, 26, Fort Myers, Fla., combat

Marine Cpl. Jose A. Garibay, 21, Costa Mesa, Calif., combat

Marine Cpl. Jorge A. Gonzalez, 20, Los Angeles, combat

Army Pfc. Howard Johnson II, 21, Mobile, Ala., combat

Marine Staff Sgt. Phillip A. Jordan, 42, Enfield, Conn., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Patrick R. Nixon, 21, Gallatin, Tenn., combat

Marine 2nd Lt. Frederick E. Pokorney Jr., 31, Tonopah, Nev., combat

Marine Cpl. Randal Kent Rosacker, 21, San Diego, combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas J. Slocum, 22, Thornton, Colo., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Michael J. Williams, 31, Yuma, Ariz.

March 22:

Navy Lt. Thomas Mullen Adams, 27, La Mesa, Calif., helicopter collision

Marine Lance Cpl. Eric J. Orlowski, 26, Buffalo, N.Y., machine gun accident

Army Capt. Christopher Scott Seifert, 27, Easton, Pa., grenade attack

Army Reserve Spc. Brandon S. Tobler, 19, Portland, Ore., vehicle accident

March 21:

Marine Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, Waterville, Maine, helicopter crash

Marine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, St. Anne, Ill., helicopter crash

Marine 2nd Lt. Therrel S. Childers, 30, Harrison County, Miss., combat

Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 28, Los Angeles, combat

Marine Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, Houston, helicopter crash

Marine Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Waters-Bey, 29, Baltimore, helicopter crash

Date not given:

Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas A. Blair, 24, Broken Arrow, Okla., combat

Army Sgt. Stevon Booker, 34, Apollo, Pa.

Marine Sgt. Nicolas M. Hodson, 22, Smithville, Mo., vehicle accident

Army Spc. James Kiehl, 22, Comfort, Texas, combat

Army Sgt. George Edward Buggs, 31, Barnwell, S.C., combat

Army Master Sgt. Robert J. Dowdy, 38, Cleveland, combat

Army Pvt. Ruben Estrella-Soto, 18, El Paso, Texas, combat

Army Chief Warrant Officer Johnny Villareal Mata, 35, Pecos, Texas, combat

Army Pfc. Lori Piestewa, 22, Tuba City, Ariz., combat

Army Pvt. Brandon Sloan, 19, Bedford Heights, Ohio, combat

Army Sgt. Donald Walters, 33, Kansas City, Mo., combat

[RGSpincich]

,African Americans are, relatively speaking, over-represented in the military.

And the NBA, NFL, MLB, and the Centcom briefing team. Get a clue.