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Atheists on the left end of the spectrum have made various attempts to portray atheists as an oppressed minority, but this has not mitigated the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons.

Atheists on the [[Secular left|left end of the political spectrum]] have made various attempts to portray atheists as an oppressed minority, but this has not mitigated the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons.

First, the atheist population in the [[Western World]] is skewed towards white, atheist men in both adherents and positions of influence within the atheist community (see: [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]). So it is difficult for atheists to portray themselves as an oppressed minority.  

First, the atheist population in the [[Western World]] is skewed towards white, atheist men in both adherents and positions of influence within the atheist community (see: [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]). So it is difficult for atheists to portray themselves as an oppressed minority.