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Originally posted by mgdzkm433:
If the World were 100 People
There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 from North and South America
8 Africans
52 would be Female
48 would be Male
70 would be non-white, 30 white
59% of the entire world's wealth would belong to 6 people and all 6 would be citizens of the United States
80 would live in substandad housing
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
99 of them will not see this message, because only 1 would have a computer
When one considers our world from such a compressed perspective, the need for both acceptance and understanding become glaringly apparent.
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Thanks for sharing the info. This was actually the topic of our ethics class today. Does reading this count as studying?
