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A Summary of the World

by John Shores

If we could, at this time, shrink the Earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, 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 and South) and 8 Africans.
  • 70 would be non-white; 30 white.
  • 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian.
  • 50% of the entire world wealth would be in the hands of only 6 people.
  • All 6 would be citizens of the United States.
  • 70 would be unable to read.
  • 50 would suffer from malnutrition.
  • 80 would live in sub-standard housing.
  • Only 1 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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