here's an interesting snippet of uncomfortable information courtesy of my race class: ever notice the racial make-up of the military? see, most of these kids, the vast majority, enlist for the money. so that means mostly poor people get into the army. and that means there's a lot of minorities. our government waves a lot of money in front of their noses and secures them college tuition for a better future if they'll only serve their country, and they probably won't die, but if they do, the government is most willing to sacrifice them. the draft is even worse - sounds good: if you're in college you're safe, but who can afford to go to college? who is more inclined to go to college? there are people who deny this correlation, like my father, and you've got to shake your head and wonder why. well it's an ugly truth i guess.