[Solumina]

If you want to look at the military for your example then you are looking in the wrong place, what you should be looking at is their rate of advancement, which is not equal across the board, at least not above a certain level, in the lower ranks there is less discretion as to when someone advances and so the numbers are much more equitable.

Yes, there is a lot of discrimination against poor people of any ethnicity but that doesn't mean that racism isn't still present.