Originally Posted by
alfred_the_great
the problem is we are on the bones of our arse for recruits, so need the recruitment pool to be as large as possible.
at every age below 25, people defining themselves as “white” is below that of all other ethnic groups. If the RAF (or any other service) wants to have people in it then it needs to recruit within those differing ethnic groups. And bluntly it looks a bit lazy if despite the fact white people are the smallest group in that age profile, they make up the preponderance of our recruits.
[source: ONS [url]https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/uk-population-by-ethnicity/demographics/age-groups/latest ]
Concurrently, the UK has a sex ratio of c49:51 male:female (although that is skewed by more old ladies, so it’s about 50:50 for <25s). Thus, again, if we do t want to run out of people, we need to recruit as many of both sex as possible.
tl;dr - the RAF and Armed Services can’t survive by just recruiting white males, especially as they’re a pool declining in size.
Not sure where you are getting that statistic from. The chart showing the 'white' group line being under all other ethnic groups up to around the age of 25 is showing the proportion of that ethnic group who are within that age range, I think the clue is the fact that if you add the percentage numbers up for any age range you don't get 100%. Download the CSV file for the raw data and you will see data that does not support your assertion. In all age groups the number of people identifying as white is in the millions, and there isn't a single minority ethnic group that even gets close to a million, the closest is age group 18-24 where 587990 people identify as asian, but in this group 3763395 people identify as white. Even if you add the ethnic minority groups up (for this age range the total would be 1067855) you don't get close to the number of people identifying as white. The data is quite clear when you look at the numbers, white people are in the overwhelming majority of all age ranges, quite drastically so in fact!
I pray that the people in the RAF working on recruitment have a better handle on interpreting statistical information than you do, but something tells me they are also manipulating the data into funny graphs that support their bonkers policies.