Measuring Changes in Institutional Racial Discrimination in the Army

Abstract

A method was developed to measure changes in institutional racial discrimination in the Army. Institutional racial discrimination is defined as a difference in what happens to people in an organization, a difference which is: (1) correlated with skin color; (2) results from the normal functioning of the organization; and (3) operates to the consistent disadvantage of persons of a particular skin color. This concept is operationalized into specific quantitative indicators. Differences in what happens to whites and blacks in the Army were measured using specific quantitative indicators derived from comparisons of actual and the expected numbers of blacks in certain situations or having certain characteristics.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA023112

Entities

People

  • Exequiel R. Sevilla
  • James A. Thomas
  • Peter G. Nordlie

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Army Personnel
  • Court Martial
  • Discrimination
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Human Resources
  • Management Personnel
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Transfers
  • Officer Personnel
  • Personnel Management
  • Recruiting
  • Social Sciences
  • Training

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