Jul 03, 2003 11:40
If we could shrink the earth's population to a town of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, there would be: 57 Asians 21 Europeans 14 from the Western Hemisphere 8 Africans 52 Females; 48 Males 70 Non-white; 30 Whites 70 Non Christian; 30 Christian 89 Heterosexual; 11 Homosexual 59% OF the entire world's wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people and those 6 are citizens of the US 80 would live in substandard living 70 would be unable to read 50 would suffer from malnutrition 1 would be near death 1 would be near birth 1 would have a college education 1 would own a computer So, when one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.