Are YOU a Minority??

Busman747 · 10-01-2006, 23:08

I am White, European, Male and Christian. That makes me a minority - so why do I not have the P.C. Brigade banging on my door offering to help me?

If we could shrink the earth's population down to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look approximately 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 nonwhite
30 would be white
89 would be heterosexual
11 would be homosexual
71 would be non-Christian
24 would be Christian
5 people would have no concept of religion
6 people would possess 59% of the entire world's wealth
All 6 of them would be from the United States

80 would live in substandard housing
70 would be unable to read and write
50 would be suffering from malnutrition
2 would be near death
I do not know the origin of these figures so please bear in mind that the U.S.A. consider the far East as "Asian."

Debbie J · 10-01-2006, 23:15

All I can say is I'm me!

grannyclaret · 10-01-2006, 23:16

me too......

garinda · 10-01-2006, 23:25

A quarter of them would be Chinese, if you sub-divide the Asian figure.

In a hundred years time the six people that own 59% of the world's wealth may not be living in America, they will probably be called Chung and live in Beijing.

West Ender · 10-01-2006, 23:27

Well, according to your list, Busman, I'm definitely one of a minority. I'm a white, English, heterosexual (I'm OK there), professional, female widow with a decent house, not much money and Christian ethics.

Some years ago I did an A Level course in Sociology, at Night School, simply because I found it an interesting subject. When I sat the exam I gave all my answers a left-wing, feminist, pro-minority, P C bias because I guessed that was what the examiners wanted. I got an A*. Says it all, really, doesn't it?

garinda · 10-01-2006, 23:32

How many of the village would be children/adults/elderly?

Perhaps of the eleven homosexuals/lesbians, the odd one out, who wasn't in a couple, could run the post office.

shakermaker · 10-01-2006, 23:35

in Llandewybreffy?!

geoff70 · 11-01-2006, 00:06

wow i've been missing out on some juicy topics..im northern irish so that counts as a mega minority !!!

shakermaker · 11-01-2006, 00:12

I'm a 17 year old male from Accy who isnt a chav and has all 10 GCSE's; now that IS a minority.

geoff70 · 11-01-2006, 00:18

wow shakes the world is your oyster ,dont make any career mistakes chose wisely ,or you might end up on the building site with me and all the other eastern europeans now they are a majority !!!!!!now /were have all the english & irish brickies gone??

garinda · 11-01-2006, 00:50

If the demographic was applied to Brigton-

84 would label themselves as middle class.

57 would own a cat.

43 of them would have started at university.

16 would be hetrosexual.

90 would have voted Labour at the last election.

3 would be asian.

16 would daily commute the 60 miles to London.

9 would never have bought the Big Issue.

9 would sell the Big Issue.

SPUGGIE J · 11-01-2006, 00:59

What would the numbers be to English dudes here in Scotland?

garinda · 11-01-2006, 01:13

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Originally Posted by SPUGGIE J

What would the numbers be to English dudes here in Scotland?

I don't know, but when I lived in Glasgow I was the only one in the village.

SPUGGIE J · 11-01-2006, 01:21

Well that puts me in a minority.

WillowTheWhisp · 11-01-2006, 08:36

Why is it these days I can only say "village" with a Welsh accent? The other day I was talking about Oswaldtwistle and I even came out with that in a Welsh accent because I was saying "the only one in Oswaldtwistle" !!!

There's an odd heterosexual there too. The mind boggles at the possibilities.