Dec 26, 2009

July's People | Compare and Contrast

South Africa: in 1991 the total population was about 30 million persons of which 5 million were white, 2.5 million were people of color, and the rest were black. The black population is expected to total 66 million by 2010 with little change in the other two racial categories.

USA: the total population now exceeds 267 million persons. Approximately 11% are black. The birth rate among whites is low but among His-panics and native Americans it is very high.

South Africa: European colonialists designated 10 areas as...