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The Image Problem With Atheism in America
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The Image Problem With Atheism in America
http://www.washingtonpost.com/posteveryt...-atheists/

Quote:Faith-based institutions provide resources to these poor and working-class families. They also fight racial discrimination, offer a foundation for community organizing and create access to social welfare, professional networks and educational resources. These are essential issues, and atheists of color often find themselves allied in these missions.

White atheists have a markedly different agenda....White organizations go to battle over church/state separation and creationism in schools. They largely ignore the fact that black nonbelievers face a racial and gender divide....But when we look to atheist and humanist organizations for solidarity on these issues, there is a staggering lack of interest...

Ultimately, if people of color don’t see atheists and humanists stepping up on issues that directly affect their communities, atheists proselytizing about the evils of organized religion will be dismissed as empty paternalism.

Thoughts? This has been an issue for many years where the outspoken atheists in America are seemingly dominated by mainly middle-class, white men who are are often seen as self-serving by minority atheists. I have even read articles by minority atheists that view these white atheists as closet white supremacists and want absolutely nothing to do with them. Agnostic Atheist, But Not Interested In White Supremacist Atheism
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.
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The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 1, 2014 at 2:37 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Cato - August 1, 2014 at 6:27 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Zack - August 1, 2014 at 6:48 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Cato - August 2, 2014 at 2:27 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 7, 2014 at 11:50 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Cato - August 2, 2014 at 10:39 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Losty - August 2, 2014 at 12:27 pm
The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Bibliofagus - August 1, 2014 at 11:40 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Brian37 - August 1, 2014 at 12:19 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Cato - August 3, 2014 at 12:52 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Cato - August 4, 2014 at 10:06 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by ShaMan - August 3, 2014 at 12:13 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 5, 2014 at 10:22 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 6, 2014 at 12:03 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 6, 2014 at 11:32 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 7, 2014 at 12:09 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 7, 2014 at 10:26 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 8, 2014 at 12:07 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 9, 2014 at 10:40 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 11, 2014 at 7:43 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 12, 2014 at 8:18 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 12:38 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 12:51 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 12:59 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 1:11 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 1:23 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Tobie - August 9, 2014 at 3:06 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Baqal - August 9, 2014 at 4:02 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Endo - August 9, 2014 at 5:06 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Endo - August 9, 2014 at 3:47 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 10, 2014 at 1:22 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Bad Wolf - August 11, 2014 at 10:00 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Mystical - August 11, 2014 at 11:58 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by LastPoet - August 11, 2014 at 12:52 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Tonus - August 11, 2014 at 4:16 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Tonus - August 11, 2014 at 2:18 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by ShaMan - August 11, 2014 at 3:36 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 11, 2014 at 8:15 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 11, 2014 at 9:33 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Zack - August 12, 2014 at 9:39 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Endo - August 12, 2014 at 7:00 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Endo - August 12, 2014 at 10:53 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 13, 2014 at 12:23 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 13, 2014 at 11:24 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 14, 2014 at 7:52 pm
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Zack - August 14, 2014 at 6:29 am
RE: The Image Problem With Atheism in America - by Polaris - August 14, 2014 at 8:31 pm

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