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== American atheist organizations focus on church/state issues - poor largely ignored ==

== American atheist organizations focus on church/state issues - poor largely ignored ==

[[File:Storefront church.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Storefront churches often provide assistance to local residents.  

[[File:Storefront church.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Storefront churches often provide assistance to local residents.  

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According to the atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]], [[atheist organizations]] generally focus on church/state separation and creationism issues and not the concerns the less affluent African-American population faces.<ref name="Hutchinson">Hutchinson, Sikivu (June 16, 2014).  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/16/blacks-are-even-discriminated-against-by-atheists/ "Atheism has a big race problem that no one’s talking about"].  Washington Post website.</ref> ]]

According to the atheist [[Sikivu Hutchinson]], [[atheist organizations]] generally focus on church/state separation and creationism issues and not the concerns the less affluent African-American population faces.<ref name="Hutchinson">Hutchinson, Sikivu (June 16, 2014).  [https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2014/06/16/blacks-are-even-discriminated-against-by-atheists/ "Atheism has a big race problem that no one’s talking about"].  Washington Post website.</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]] as well (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]] as well (see: [[Western atheism and race]]).