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1. This is also another myth. Yes, blacks were drafted in higher percentages than upper middle class whites, who knew all the loopholes including the college deferments. But the highest per capita draftees were low income rural whites. There was also a marked difference between those who turned 18 during or before 1965-67 and afterwards. The Selective Service needed everyone they could get their hands in March, 1965 in order to reach the 500,000 troop level goal proposed by General Westmoreland. Once they met that goal, they slacked off. Why? THE BABY BOOM 1946-1960. Although the graduate school college deferments were eliminated in 1968 for obvious p.r. reasons, the medical standards tightened after 1968 because the pool was too large. The whole thing was a carnival of unfairness, but not just for blacks.