Gender, race, sexual orientation

1.) Rosenberg, M. & Philipps, D. (2015). All combat roles now open to women, defense secretary says. Retrieved from: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/us/politics/combat-military-women-ash-carter.html?_r=0

2.) Rodriguez, A (2020). Latinos are fastest growing population in the US military, but higher ranks remain out of reach. Retrieved from: http://ezproxy.umgc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=poh&AN=59162205&site=eds-live&scope=site

3.) Mitchell, E (2017) Coast guard will not break faith with transgender members, leaders say. Retrieved from: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/344767-coast-guard-will-not-break-faith-with-transgender-members-leader-says

4.) Saldin, R. P. (2011). Strange Bedfellows. World Affairs, 173(6), 57-66. http://ezproxy.umuc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=poh&AN=59162205&site=eds-live&scope=site

5.) Terkel, A. (2014). Pentagon to review controversial military hairstyle policies for black women. Huffington Post. Retrieved from: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/29/military-hairstyle_n_5234541.html

6.) Druzin, H. (2015, June 9) New protection against discrimination of gays, lesbians in the military. Retrieved from: http://www.stripes.com/new-protection-against-discrimination-of-gays-lesbians-in-the-military-1.351512

Write a synopsis/summary of the article (1-2 paragraphs). In addition, respond to the following questions (you must also include in-text APA citations in both your synopsis and question response):

  1. What are the equity issues raised in this article (consider gender, race, sexual orientation, class, etc.)? Are there equity issues that are not raised that should be? Expand.
  2. Is the military's response appropriate? If yes, why? If not, what else can/should be done?

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