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Atheism and leadership (view source)
Revision as of 07:45, January 27, 2016
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*[[Atheist cults]]
*[[Atheist cults]]
=== Racial minority atheists vs. prominent, white atheist lead organizations ===
[[File:Skivu Hutchinson speaking at Center For Inquiry.JPG|thumbnail|350px|right|[[Sikivu Hutchinson]] speaking ath the [[Center for Inquiry]]. ]]
''See also:'' [[Western atheism and race]]
Atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]] wrote:
{{cquote|The recent merger of the secular organization Center for Inquiry (CFI) and the [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science|Richard Dawkins Foundation]] (RDF) has been dubbed atheism's supergroup moment. Acknowledging the two organizations' outsized presence in the atheist world, Religion News Service acidly declared it a "royal wedding". The partnership, which gives Richard Dawkins a seat on the CFI board, smacks of a vindication of Dawkins' toxic, reactionary brand of [http://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/richard_dawkins_does_it_again_new_atheisms_islamophobia_problem/ damn-all-them-culturally-backward-Western-values-hating- Muslims] New Atheism. As one of the most prominent global secular organizations, CFI's [http://www.centerforinquiry.net/about/corporate_governance all-white board] looks right at home with RDF's [https://richarddawkins.net/boardandstaff/ lily white board] and staff.
Meanwhile, atheists and humanists of color have been going against the white grain to address issues that [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sikivu-hutchinson/atheismsowhite-atheists-o_b_9078736.html much] of organized atheism and humanism are [http://thedailybanter.com/2014/10/atheists-dont-owe-your-social-justice-agenda-a-damn-thing/ resistant if not outright hostile to].<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sikivu-hutchinson/atheismsowhite-atheists-o_b_9078736.html #AtheismSoWhite: Atheists of Color Rock Social Justice] by Sikivu Hutchinson</ref>}}
The [[secular humanism|secular humanist]] document Human Manifesto II, which was written in 1973 by [[Paul Kurtz]] and Edwin H. Wilson, decried racism and it declared:
{{cquote|The beginnings of police states, even in democratic societies, widespread government espionage, and other abuses of power by military, political, and industrial elites, and the continuance of unyielding racism, all present a different and difficult social outlook. In various societies, the demands of women and minority groups for equal rights effectively challenge our generation.<ref>[http://americanhumanist.org/humanism/humanist_manifesto_ii Humanist Manifesto II]</ref>}}
== Atheist leaders and misogyny ==
== Atheist leaders and misogyny ==