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[[File:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|A study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that [[Africa]]ns are among the most religious people on Earth.<ref name="ffrf.org">[http://ffrf.org/outreach/item/13652-why-so-many-africans-are-religious Why so many Africans are religious: Leo Igwe]</ref> See: [[Religion and Africa]] ]]
[[File:Africa pol 2003.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|A study conducted by the Washington-based Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life says that [[Africa]]ns are among the most religious people on Earth.<ref name="ffrf.org">[http://ffrf.org/outreach/item/13652-why-so-many-africans-are-religious Why so many Africans are religious: Leo Igwe]</ref> See: [[Religion and Africa]] ]]
As far as '''black atheism''', in 2015, ''BloombergView'' reported concerning the [[United States]]:
{{cquote|According to a much-discussed 2012 report from the Pew Research Center on Religion and Public Life, only 3 percent of U.S. [[Atheism|atheists]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] are black, 6 percent are Hispanic, and 4 percent are Asian. Some 82 percent are white. (The relevant figures for the population at large at the time of the survey were 66 percent white, 11 percent black, 15 percent Hispanic, 5 percent Asian.)
{{cquote|According to a much-discussed 2012 report from the Pew Research Center on Religion and Public Life, only 3 percent of U.S. [[Atheism|atheists]] and [[Agnosticism|agnostics]] are black, 6 percent are Hispanic, and 4 percent are Asian. Some 82 percent are white. (The relevant figures for the population at large at the time of the survey were 66 percent white, 11 percent black, 15 percent Hispanic, 5 percent Asian.)
In the United States, blacks have the highest rate of religiosity.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-blacks-most-religious-group-us Gallup: Blacks Most Religious Group in U.S.]</ref>
In the United States, blacks have the highest rate of religiosity.<ref>[https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/gallup-blacks-most-religious-group-us Gallup: Blacks Most Religious Group in U.S.]</ref>
According to the [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), the percentage of Black Americans who don't believe in God decreased from 2016 to 2018.<ref>[https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/trends/Religion%20&%20Spirituality?measure=god GSS Data on religion/irreligion and race]</ref>
According to the [[General Social Survey]] (GSS), the percentage of Black Americans who don't believe in God decreased from 2016 to 2018.<ref>[https://gssdataexplorer.norc.org/trends/Religion%20&%20Spirituality?measure=god GSS Data on religion/irreligion and race]</ref>
The black atheist Bishop McNeill wrote:
{{Cquote|In reference to the Pew study, we know that African Americans are far more likely to confidently believe in God when compared with whites and Hispanics. More than three-quarters of African Americans say they are absolutely certain there is a God, compared with less than two-thirds of whites and Hispanics who say the same.<ref>[https://www.theroot.com/where-are-all-the-black-atheists-1790857368 Where Are All the Black Atheists?] by Bishop McNeill, TheRoot.com<ref>}}
There is a significant amount of [[racism]] within the [[atheist population]] (see: [[Atheism and racism]]). This also holds true for atheists in the [[Western World]] (see: [[Western atheism and race]]).
There is a significant amount of [[racism]] within the [[atheist population]] (see: [[Atheism and racism]]). This also holds true for atheists in the [[Western World]] (see: [[Western atheism and race]]).