The Patriot Post® · A Retired Soldier on the Dearth of Black Officers

Recently, the political-correctness police noticed there aren’t enough black officers in the Army. A retired soldier writing as “Petronius Arbiter” says, “This should be a surprise to no one. But don’t go blaming the Army for the inability to solve this issue. This is a multi-faceted problem and one which must be solved involving all aspects of American society: Army, academia, family, and community leadership.” Recruitment of black soldiers isn’t the problem, he argues, and in the end there’s probably not a lot the Army can actually do. “My take on this,” he says, “is that the Army is just going to have to endure with whatever happens. It is highly doubtful anything can be done to produce more black or other minority officers in combat arms. And guess what? The same issue, but probably on a greater scale, is going to occur with women, should the decision be made to go that direction.” Because the politically correct will get there. More…