Shifting sands

Fertile ground, no more;

Community activists note that youth of color are already being deployed at higher rates than whites. Minority groups make up 35% of the military, and black servicemen and women alone make up 20% of the total. That far outstrips the percentage of blacks in US society, where the figure is about 12%.

I'm sure there is a heap of issues leading to this differential, either way, the folks doing it hard are expected to continue the hard work.

A good way to score U.S. citizenship, too.