ASIAN AMERICAN

Asian American

Asian American

List at least four (4) HISTORICAL EXPERIENCES unique to the applicable race/ethnic group.

FACT SOURCE

1.

Asian tend to be “over-represented” among officers in all of the components. Blacks appear to be over-represented in the enlisted ranks in all of the components except the Marine Corps

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-057.html

2.

The percentage of accessions describing themselves as Hispanic grew steadily throughout this time period from less than 4 percent in the early 1980s to a little more than 11 percent by FY 2002.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-03-057.html

3.

Only 9 percent of Asian believed that the armed forces have paid too little attention to issues of racism and ethnic discrimination. ...