Historical Overview of Racism in the Military

Abstract

This overview is designed to assist the reader in acknowledging and understanding the historical context of overt racist and discriminatory policies and practices in our military and how these dynamics and policies were perpetuated within the Armed Services. In this study of racism in our military, the reader may gain insight into how military leadership has been involved in racism and discrimination, and its effect on racial minority members throughout American history. The examples presented in this text do not include all racial and ethnic minority groups. However, it generally reflects the different types of racist policies and practices that have been researched and documented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA488652

Entities

People

  • Schuyler C. Webb
  • William J. Herrmann

Organizations

  • Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • African Americans
  • American Revolution
  • Civil War
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Law
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Minority Groups
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Prejudice
  • Second World War
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Organizational Psychology.