South African Statistics

In history class recently I learned some very staggering statistics about South Africa. They were taken with in the last few years and are very sad and powerful in regards to how poor the treatment of Black South Africans is in comparison to White South Africans.

Stats (given in the order of Black South Africans toWhite South Africans)

Number of People : 19 million / 4.5 million
Percentage of Land Controlled: 13% / 87%
Ammount of $ ratio: $1 / $14
Number of Doctors Ratio: 1 Doctor to 44,000/ 1 Doctor to 400
Baby Fatality Rate: 30%/ 2.7%
Teacher Ratio: 1 to 60/ 1 to 22

These statistics are very powerful in the indication of how poor the treatment of the Black South Africans is. One that reads these statistics must wonder how such amazing injustice still happens today. Not only is it unjust but one must realize how immoral it is to allow a 2.7% fatality rate among White South Africans when the Black South Africans suffer a fatality rate that is over 10 times more. When stats like these are discovered and are acurate people should take notice.
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