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Originally posted by Finer Woman10-A-91:
The USA is but a blink in terms of the WORLD view of people of color( which people of African American...in the classic sense are included) My initial response spoke to this proliferation of thought patterns amongst Americans. We continue to believe that people of European decent are the majority, which they are not....more on that later.
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Thanks. Just wanted a point of reference. I would actually wager to say that few people account for other regions of the US outside of thier own experiences. The census report actually caught me by suprise. I know if someone had asked me what % of the US population was black. I probably would have given an answer that was higher then 30. But I've lived most of my life in the mid-south.
When I initially read the statement, I assumed the reference was world-wide, but I wanted to be certain. I would be interested if you had any figures on world population - or of a site.
I know another point of reference that leaves most US citizens bewildered is when they're reminded that Christianity all lumped together is the 3rd largest religon (It might be 4th - I don't remeber).
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