NCERT Class 9 Civics: Chapter 4, Question Exercise Q.6
The table below gives the proportion of different communities among the candidates who won elections to the US Congress. Compare these to the proportion of these communities in the population of the US.Based on this, would you suggest a system of reservations in the US Congress? If yes, why and for which communities? If no, why not?
Proportion of the community (in per cent) in the | ||
House of Representatives | Population of US | |
Blacks | 8 | 13 |
Hispanics | 5 | 13 |
Whites | 86 | 70 |
Blacks and Hispanics should be given reservation in the US Congress as per their percentage in the US population.
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