|
|
Post by gameboy on Apr 6, 2020 4:20:13 GMT
Actually, non-citizens are counted in the census. So their numbers are used to decide the size of congressional districts and the number of representatives each state gets in the House. So yes, if you bring over 100 million Mexicans then California gets over a fourth of the House. But the Mexicans still can't vote. So the state with the most Mexicans wins the House? Better not let Texas hear about that. At any rate, I'm sure there were many back then who truly believed that blacks were not "fully human," (not unlike how Jews were viewed by the Nazis), but that isn't why only 66% of them were counted for the census. As stated, the reason only three out of five slaves were counted for the census was... drum roll please...
for legislative representation and taxing purposes based on population.
But bottom line, Americans were still counted as 3/5 of a human being. Slavery is enshrined in the Constitution.
|
|
