Both close, it was 3/5ths. >From Article 1, Section 2:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons. On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:01 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I thought it was 2/5's? > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> I imagine that if you're a constitutional originalist race has to be >> counted - weren't black slaves counted as 2/3d's a person. >> >> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I leave it blank. Frankly, my race, sex, gender, color, sexual >>> preference and a wide variety of other attributes are none of the >>> government's business. The quickest way to resolve the major issues >>> regarding race or other forms of discrimination would be for everyone >>> to refuse to answer those questions, or better still, for the >>> government to stop asking them. They are no part of the >>> constitutionally mandated census, and IMO a violation of the my >>> constitutional right to privacy. >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> white. Why is he called black? >>>> >>>> How do you determine your ethnicity? When the census form comes to >>>> you, how do you go about figuring out what to put down >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:323404 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
