If our world were a village of 1000 people, what would its ethnic and religious composition be?
Source: http:/www.worldvillage.org

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Asian?
European?
African?
South American?
North American?
Other?

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Asian?
European?
African?
South American?
North American?
Other?
610
120 (50+ Russians)
130
80 (50)
50 (80)
10

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Christians?
Atheists (or non-religious)?
Moslems?
Hindus?
Buddhists?
Jews?
Other (e.g. Animists)?

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people would be . . .
Christians??
Atheists (or non-religious)?
Moslems?
Hindus?
Buddhists?
Jews?
Other (e.g. Animists)?
330
160
180
140
60
3
127

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people . . .
would control 3/4 of the total income?
would be hungry? would live in sub-standard housing?
would have access to clean water? would be college educated? adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)?

The Global Village
How many of the 1000 people . . .
would control 3/4 of the total income?
would be hungry? would live in sub-standard housing?
would have access to clean water? would be college educated? adults would be illiterate (coudn’t read)?
< 100
500
800
330
< 10
335

The Global Village /Miniature Earth
How many of the 1000 people . . .
would have a secondary education?
would have a computer? would have an internet connection?
would have a bank account? would live on less than $1 a day? would live on less than $2 a day?
70
120
30
300
180
530

Relevant Links:
The Miniature Earth (Update- 2010) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6eTr4ldDYg&feature=relat ed
"The BBs of Wealth" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwftZ8SK64 )
"Who Owns America‘s Wealth " http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDx8G8Z-PFM&feature=related
The Global Rich List http://www.globalrichlist.com/

Source: http://www.wider.unu.edu/events/past-events/2006-events/en_GB/05-12-2006/_files/78079217418699128/default/wider-wdhw-press-release-5-12-2006.pdf

Some of your views
"The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."
Agree: 90% Disagree: 7%
"Opening up their markets will help developing countries."
Agree: 55% Disagree: 31%
"Globalization is a natural development that can't be stopped."
Agree: 48% Disagree: 38%
"A flexible workforce is a good thing."
Agree: 66% Disagree: 17%

lack of job skills
The Cycle of Poverty financial distress breakdown of family proximity to crime poor housing poor education

The Kerner Report
The Kerner commission was formed by
President Johnson after race riots in 1967.
Business, political and civil rights leaders were asked to investigate the nation’s ethnic tensions. Their report was the nation’s first comprehensive look at race issues in the
U.S. and it was the federal government’s first official document that said racism existed and was a problem.

The Kerner Report
The Kerner report predicted that the economic and racial divide would grow:
“White society is deeply implicated in the ghetto . . . White institutions created it, white institutions maintain it, and white society condones it.”

Poverty and
(Racial)
Groupings
2008 Statistics
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Families
All people
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

Poverty and
(Racial)
Groupings
2008 Statistics
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Bachelor's degree or more
Married couples
Employed
Families
All people
Unemployed
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

Married couples
Poverty and
(Racial)
Groupings
2008 Statistics
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Families
All people
Single male householders
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

Poverty and
(Racial)
Groupings
2008 Statistics
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Non-Hispanic Whites
Foreign-born citizens
Families
Whites
Asians
All people
Hispanics
Foreign-born non-citizens
Blacks
American Indians + Alaskans
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

Poverty and
(Racial)
Groupings
2008 Statistics
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Bachelor's degree or more
Married couples
Employed
Non-Hispanic Whites
Foreign-born citizens
Families
Whites
Asians
All people
Single male householders
Children under 18
Children under 6
Hispanics
Foreign-born non-citizens
No high school graduation
Blacks
American Indians + Alaskans
Unemployed
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

2009
Update
Source: US Census
Bureau and the American
Community Survey
Bachelor's degree or more
Married couples
Employed
Non-Hispanic Whites
Foreign-born citizens
Families
Whites
Asians
All people
Single male householders
Children under 18
Children under 6
Hispanics
Foreign-born non-citizens
No high school graduation
Blacks
American Indians + Alaskans
Unemployed
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2
29.9
54.3
4.5
5.8
9.4
10.8
11.1
12.3
12.5
14.3
16.9
20.7
23.8
25.3
25.1
24.7
25.8

Now compare the Poverty rates for . . .



A married black man
A white single mother of young children
An American of
Austrian descent
(married)
Bachelor's degree or more
Married couples
Employed
Non-Hispanic Whites
Foreign-born citizens
Families
Whites
Asians
All people
Single male householders
Children under 18
Children under 6
Hispanics
Foreign-born non-citizens
No high school graduation
Blacks
American Indians + Alaskans
Unemployed
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

(1.6 %)
Now compare the Poverty rates for . . .

A married black man

A white single mother of young children

An American of
Austrian descent
(married)
Bachelor's degree or more
Married couples
Employed
Non-Hispanic Whites
Foreign-born citizens
Families
Whites
Asians
All people
Single male householders
Children under 18
Children under 6
Hispanics
Foreign-born non-citizens
No high school graduation
Blacks
American Indians + Alaskans
Unemployed
Single female householders
Children under 6 w/ female householder
24.6
25.3
28.3
31.4
54
13.8
19
20.8
23.2
23.3
23.6
3.7
5.5
6.1
8.6
10.2
10.3
11.2
11.6
13.2

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they approved of interracial marriage:
• Whites: 70%
• Blacks: 80%
• Hispanics: 77%
(1958: whites - 4%)

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they would vote for a black president:
• Whites: 91%
• Blacks: 93%
• Hispanics: --
(these results are from the 1997 survey when Hispanics were not asked separately)
(1958: blacks – 76%, whites - 35%)

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they had close personal friends of other races:
• Whites: 82%
• Blacks: 88%
• Hispanics: 80%

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they prefer to work alongside a racially mixed group:
• Whites: 82%
• Blacks: 88%
• Hispanics: --

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said they prefer to live in a racially mixed neighborhood:
• Whites: 57%
• Blacks: 78%
• Hispanics: 61%

Gallup Poll Findings 2004 / (1997)
Americans who said the civil rights movement was "extremely" or "very" important for the United States:
• Whites: 79%
• Blacks: 92%
• Hispanics: 77%

1997 Levels of Satisfaction
(% Satisfied)
Way things Going in U.S.
Way Things Going in Personal Life
Income
Standard of Living
Housing
Job or Work
Education, Preparing for Job
Blacks Whites Gap
44 51 7
74
53
74
75
87
72
87
90
13
19
13
15
73
68
86
75
13
7

Gallup Poll Findings
“The trend data suggest that the gaps in satisfaction between whites and blacks on many of these measures have been narrowing significantly over time, and this marks one of the more significant findings of the study. “
(The gap is narrowing because black satisfaction levels have increased over the past years and white satisfaction levels have stayed about the same.)

“The Millennium Breach”
This report was released by a private urban-policy group, the
Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation, to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the Kerner report. It basically states that the
Kerner predictions have come true.
“While leaders and pundits talk of full employment, inner city unemployment is at crisis levels. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and minorities are suffering disproportionately.”

“The Millennium Breach”
Some statistics from the report:
• The national unemployment rate is below 5%, but the rates for young African American men in places like south-central Los Angeles have topped 30%
• The national incarceration rate of black men is four times higher than the same rate in South Africa under apartheid
• The child poverty rate is four times the average of western European countries

“The Millennium Breach”
Measures that work

Head Start
 after-school youth centers
 urban school reform
 job training
 inner city economic development
Measures that don’t
 enterprise zones
 prison construction
 boot camps
 supply-side economics
 tax breaks for the rich
 trickle-down theories