This Article Full Text (PDF) All Versions of this Article: 0095327X08327821v1 35/3/526    most recent References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Dempsey, J. K. Articles by Shapiro, R. Y. Search for Related Content Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

The Army's Hispanic Future

U.S. Army

Robert Y. Shapiro

Columbia University

Using data from the Citizenship & Service: 2004 Survey of Army Personnel, a probability sample of active duty soldiers and officers, this study examines key questions concerning success in the military for racial and ethnic minorities. It focuses on the degree to which Hispanics are integrated into the Army and compares the experiences of Hispanics to the experiences of whites and blacks. After assessing why Hispanics join the Army and choose their occupational specialties, the study looks at how Hispanics perceive Army life, their personal experiences with discrimination, and the progress of the Army in the area of racial and ethnic integration. By comparing the attitudes of Hispanics to those of whites and blacks, it explores the degree to which race and ethnicity influence life in the Army and the implication of this for the military's future.

Key Words: military • Hispanic • race • ethnicity • integration

This version was published on April 1, 2009

Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 35, No. 3, 526-561 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0095327X08327821


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?