were promoted faster as a result. However, there were many other factors involved in promotions such as, who you knew, job performance and length of service. Senior officers, who were white, spent many years with the military and made careers, whereas black soldiers served for only a short period and did not have enough experience to qualify for promotion. Westheider has many counter arguments that enhance his objectivity by explaining why there appeared to be discrimination with promotions. "Blacks were concentrated in infantry, administrative, and service and supply units, and these areas needed fewer noncommissioned officers than did the technical fields." Also blacks largely co
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