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Article: Casualties of war: middle-income families greatest victims of Iraq combat.(FACTS & FIGURES)
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- Black Enterprise
- Article date:
- September 1, 2008
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THE GROWING TOLL OF MILITARY CAUSALITIES IN IRAQ and Afghanistan has raised the question of who is bearing the burden of military service. A common belief has been that minorities and low-income families are disproportionately impacted by America's war efforts. Though minorities have demonstrated a greater propensity to serve in the Armed Forces, specifically the Army, African American servicemen aren't suffering unusually high rates of injury or fatality in combat zones.
According to Bearing the Burden of the Iraq War? An Analysis of the Demographic Causalities in the Global War on Terrorism, the death toll in Iraq is taking a toll on middle-class America. The ...