If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people,
with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.

There would be:
57 Asians
21 Europeans
14 From the Western Hemisphere, both north and south
8 Africans

52 Would be female
48 Would be male

70 Would be non-white
30 Would be white

70 Would be non-Christian
30 Would be Christian

89 Would be heterosexual
11 Would be homosexual

6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's
wealth and all 6 would be from 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
1 (yes, only 1) Would have a college education
1 Would own a computer

When one considers our world from such a compressed
perspective, the need for acceptance,
understanding and education becomes glaringly apparent.

Phillip M Harter, MD, FACEP
Stanford University, School of Medicine

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