100 People

If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of 100 people, with all the existing human ratios staying the same, it would look like this. There would be:

• 57 Asians, 21 Europeans, 14 from the Americas (both North and South), and 8 Africans
• 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
• 59 percent of the world's wealth would be in the ahnds of only 6 people, and all 6 would be citizens of the United States
• 80 would live in subsidized housing
• 70 would be unable to read
• 50 would suffer from malnutrition
• 1 would be near death and 1 would be near birth
• Only 1 would have a college education

This was posted on the wall of an English classroom. The numbers really hit you. 1 with a college education, something so stressed, and expected, in our society. It really is a valuable thing. 11 homosexuals. 11%. All the homophobics in the world are fighting a huge number. 70 would be unable to read. All is so far from the society I am used to, and the society I am currently living in . A real culture shock would be to go live in the subsidized housing, among those suffering from malnutrition. That apparently, is how half the world lives. 59% of the money in 6% of the people. You don't realize that until it's looked at like this. But how to change it?