Military enrollment and Inequality

As we watch the war in Ukraine unfold, where men aged 18-60 are required to stay and fight, what does our own armed service look like in America?

Tes Solomon Kifle, a Black Marine, explains the struggles of Black service members who join. “My mom was crying when I joined. She was deathly against it.” Tes goes on to explain Many African-Americans saw military service not as a career but as a way to help pay for education or to help compete in the civilian job market. By contrast, many White servic…