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All people descended from apes and all are related to apes to the exact same degree.

As to the 3/5ths jibe, a person was not counted as 3/5ths because they were Black, only if they were a slave. A free person, regardless of race, was counted as 1 person for purposes of apportionment of political power. And a slave, regardless of race, was counted as 3/5ths.

And the tragedy is not that they counted as 3/5ths, but that they would be counted at all for apportionment of political power.

The Senator from a slave state DID NOT represent the interests of their slave constituents to the same degree that a Senator from a free state represented the interests of their free constituents.

And when you discuss evolution with your black friends, are they offended to think they're descended from apes? Why does it bother you to acknowledge that blacks and apes are related? Why do you run away from your facts on that account? I wonder if they teach evolution at historically black colleges? If they do, there's no need for any white person to be called racist for comparing blacks to apes because it is an evolutionary fact.

There was no uproar when democrats posted pictures of Pres. Bush and a chimpanzee. Anyway, thanks for enlightening me and don't be ashamed to proclaim these scientific facts to your black friends.