If we could at this time shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 with all existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look like this:
- There would be 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Western Hemisphere (North & South America), and 8 Africans.
- Seventy would be non-white, thirty white.
- Seventy would be non-Christian, thirty Christian.
- Half of the entire world wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people,
and all 6 would be citizens of the United States.- Seventy would be unable to read,
fifty would suffer from malnutrition, and
eighty would live in sub-standard housing.- Only one would have a college education.
When one considers our world from such an incredibly compressed perspective, the need for both tolerance and understanding becomes glaringly apparent.
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