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Here is just a little something to think about. > If we could 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. > 51 would be female; 49 would be male > 70 would be non-white; 30 white. > 70 would be non-Christian; 30 Christian. > 50% of the entire world's wealth would be in the > hands of only 6 people and all 6 would be > citizens of the United States. > 80 would live in substandard housing. > 70 would be unable to read. > 50 would suffer from malnutrition. > 1 would be near death , 1 would be near birth > Only 1 would have a college education. > No one would own a computer > When one considers our world from such an > incredibly compressed perspective, the need for > both tolerance and understanding becomes > glaringly apparent..... >