‘Out of the Closet’ — Black Atheists

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By Sikivu Hutchingson

In some communities it’s akin to donning a white sheet and a Confederate flag. In others, it’s ostensibly tolerated yet whispered about, branded culturally incorrect and bad form, if not outright sacrilege.

For atheists like myself, proclaiming one’s non-belief amidst genial wishes to “have a blessed day” is never easy in the seemingly innocuous context of casual chit chat between black folk.
Yet, according to The New York Times, a small but growing segment of the American population, galvanized by the hyper-evangelical climate of the Republican Pleistocene, have begun organizing nationwide and becoming more vocal about their atheism.

The full article is here:
http://www.lawattstimes.com/opinion/opin...eists.html

Sikivu Hutchinson is the editor of http://www.blackfemlens.org and a commentator for KPFK 90.7 FM

I fixed that for you.

Did you notice the exclusion of the word 'black' made no differance in the point of the post? I think you included a racial designation unnessasarily. I can't help but wonder why. If you think communities of black folk are inherently more religious than communities of white/asian/latino/other folk then you obviously don't get out much.

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side note: I don't know about other parts of the US but here in Texas there are still churches supported and funded by public tax dollars and no, they are not predominately black/asian/white/latino/other.