question_answer 27)

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
Blacks	House of representatives	Population of US
	8	13
Hispanics	5	13
Whites	86	70

 

Answer:

Based on the figures given in the table it is clear that Blacks and Hispanics have much less representation than their population in the US Congress. Therefore to give them proper representation, reservation should be provided to them.