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''See also:'' [[Atheism and racism]] and [[Atheism, race and gender]] and [[Atheism and sexism]] and [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals]] and [[Atheism and economics]] and [[Irreligious Britain and low social mobility]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and racism]] and [[Atheism, race and gender]] and [[Atheism and sexism]] and [[Atheism and the persecution of homosexuals]] and [[Atheism and economics]] and [[Irreligious Britain and low social mobility]]

 

The abstract for the publication ''Black Infidels: Secular Humanism, Atheism, and African American Social Thought'' by Sikivu Hutchinson which was published in ''The Oxford Handbook of Secularism'' which was edited by [[Phil Zuckerman]] and [[John R. Shook]] states:

The abstract for the publication ''Black Infidels: Secular Humanism, Atheism, and African American Social Thought'' by Sikivu Hutchinson which was published in ''The Oxford Handbook of Secularism'' which was edited by [[Phil Zuckerman]] and [[John R. Shook]] states:

{{Cquote|African Americans are among the most religious groups in the United States. Consequently, [[secular humanism]] and atheism are largely anathema to mainstream African Americans. Nonetheless, secular humanist and atheist traditions have coexisted with religious traditions in African American social thought and community as a [[progressivism|progressive]] political and cultural counterweight to black religious orthodoxy. Radical or progressive humanism is specifically concerned with the liberation struggle of disenfranchised peoples. Organized religion is one of many powerful forces solidifying inequity based on race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism are amplified and reinforced by economic injustice institutionalized under global [[capitalism]]. Hence, humanism is especially relevant for people of color living in conditions of structural inequality in which the state serves only the human rights of the wealthy.<ref>''[https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988457.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199988457-e-28 Black Infidels: Secular Humanism, Atheism, and African American Social Thought]'' by Sikivu Hutchinson, 'The Oxford Handbook of Secularism'', edited by Phil Zuckerman and John R. Shook, Print Publication Date: Feb 2017Subject: Religion, Religion and SocietyOnline Publication Date: Jan 2017DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988457.013.28</ref>}}

{{Cquote|African Americans are among the most religious groups in the United States. Consequently, [[secular humanism]] and atheism are largely anathema to mainstream African Americans. Nonetheless, secular humanist and atheist traditions have coexisted with religious traditions in African American social thought and community as a [[progressivism|progressive]] political and cultural counterweight to black religious orthodoxy. Radical or progressive humanism is specifically concerned with the liberation struggle of disenfranchised peoples. Organized religion is one of many powerful forces solidifying inequity based on race, gender, class, and sexual orientation. Racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism are amplified and reinforced by economic injustice institutionalized under global [[capitalism]]. Hence, humanism is especially relevant for people of color living in conditions of structural inequality in which the state serves only the human rights of the wealthy.<ref>''[https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988457.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199988457-e-28 Black Infidels: Secular Humanism, Atheism, and African American Social Thought]'' by Sikivu Hutchinson, 'The Oxford Handbook of Secularism'', edited by Phil Zuckerman and John R. Shook, Print Publication Date: Feb 2017Subject: Religion, Religion and SocietyOnline Publication Date: Jan 2017DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199988457.013.28</ref>}}