Thanksgiving from a Demographic Perspective
DEMOGRAPHIC PERSPECTIVE
Here is something that is making the rounds by email. the information is illuminating, but i have serious issues with the conclusions drawn. first, the info –
1. If you could fit the entire population of the world into a village consisting of 100 people, maintaining the proportions of all the people living on Earth, that village would consist of –
~ 57 Asians
~ 21 Europeans
~ 14 Americans (North, Central and South)
~ 8 Africans
2. There would be –
~ 52 women and 48 men
~ 30 Caucasians and 70 non-Caucasians
~ 30 Christians and 70 non-Christians
~ 89 heterosexuals and 11 homosexuals
3. 6 people would possess 59% of the wealth and they would all come from the USA.
~ 80 would live in poverty
~ 70 would be illiterate
~ 50 would suffer from hunger and malnutrition
~ 1 would by dying
~ 1 would be being born
~ 1 would own a computer
~ 1 (yes, only 1) would have a university degree
4. If we looked at the world in this way, the need for acceptance and understanding would be obvious. But, consider the following ….
5. If you woke up this morning in good health, you have more luck ehan one million people, who won’t live through the week.
6. If you have never experienced the horror of war, the solitude of prison, the pain of torture, were not close to death by starvation, then you are better off than 500 million people.
7. If you can go to your place of worship without fear that someone will assault you or kill you, then you are luckier than 3 billion (that’s right) people. And if you have a full fridge, clothes on your back, a roof over your head, and a place to sleep, you are wealthier than 75% of the world’s population.
8. If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of 8 of the privileged few among the 100 people.
