Race And My Community

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Race and My Community ETH 125 Race and My Community My community, the United States Military, is as culturally and racially diverse as most communities in the United States. In 2007 the Department of Defense conducted research that showed 65 percent of enlisted military recruits were White. While this is the majority of the enlisted military group, it still leaves a large number of other racial groups. The other 35 percent is composed of Black, Asian/Pacific Islanders, American/Alaskan Indians, a combination of two or more races, and a small 2.76 percent who declined to specify their race/ethnicity (The Heritage Foundation, 2008). These racial groups may comprise a small number of enlisted military members individually, but they…show more content…
The experts on my trade and equipment gather together to write the manuals. Reviewers of the manuals are also my peers. When I use the manual, if I see a discrepancy or a better way to do the job, I can make suggestions. This means that anyone, including myself can be a part of writing the work manuals I use every day. Some of my manuals are written by civilians. When this happens the civilian company still asks us, the military member and user of the manual, for suggestions. No matter where the work manual or text comes from I can be a part of writing it. Media in the military community does represent people like me. When a news story is written about a fellow member the media is writing about my brother or sister. Every person in the military is my brother or sister, regardless of his or her race. The news anchors and journalists are also military members, wearing the same uniform I wear and following the same rules I follow. As with everything else in the military, we are one person. We may have different jobs, but we are wearing the same uniform and fighting the same fight. That is part of what makes us one…show more content…
The main difference is not in regard to race, but rather their position or rank. Most of my leaders are officers, whereas I am enlisted. I do have some leaders, who are enlisted, such as my supervisor. There is also the first sergeant, who serves as a liaison between me and my leaders who are officers. The first sergeant is one of my leaders in that he or she serves me by helping out with problems I may have with peers or channeling my problems or suggestions to officers who can help. No matter whom my leader may be, there is always the possibility that he or she can be White, Black, Hispanic, Asian, or any other race. My current squadron commander is African American and the group commander is Filipino. The first sergeant is of Hispanic origin. This is only one example of how diverse my military community is and that race has no influence on who can be a part of my community or in a leadership position. I feel that minority group interests are represented within my community. Every racial group has the opportunity to hold and keep their traditions. As I mentioned earlier there is the MEO office that people can go to who need help or have complaints. Many minority groups have organizations within the military catering to themselves. The enlisted club has a Salsa night once a week. This is something that some of the Hispanics here organized to help keep their

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