Blacks in the Military?

BoyCharm wrote:

if you aren't doing well whose fault is that? your own fault the military should be the LAST option for Black youth thatz wut i said and black soldiers are not treated and respected like white soldiers are when they are not they can seek action you ask black vets when they got their benefits and recognition there are ships named after black veterans and awards are a large part of the armed services, however black ppl don't exactly have an affinity for the military. ESP. black college graduates, thus ur not goin 2 see alot of black high-ranking officers until that is changed. That is what my scholarship was put into action for, i'm on a HBC NROTC scholarship, which targets black colleges in hopes of recruitin' more black officers you're brainwashed i'm not truly brainwashed...i'd consider it more or less an attitude chang i understand that the military has racism CP, but so does everywhere...like u said we're second rate in america however I'd like 2 be second rate with a good job... i understand ur concern however and i'm not vain...i know not everyone runs thru it like colin powell or wuteva and i'm not sayin i'm super patriotic...but as a military brat of someone prior-enlisted and as someone in ROTC i've seen several different sides of the military and i think if you play the game right u can 'get urz' out of the system...and despite how we're treated or our motives i love the fact that when we're presenting ourselves on the news we present a message of humanitarianism and promote liberty...whether or not we deliver this i can't tell you...i'm not on the field and i see everything from the same venues as you...but the msg is undeniable (maybe combatted by our countries and other countries endowed with the option 2 be against the state (which as a journalism major i also appreciate) but undeniable)