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''See also:'' [[Atheism and public relations]]

''See also:'' [[Atheism and public relations]]

[[Atheism|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 much lessoned the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons (see: [[Views on atheists]]).<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-thornton18apr18-story.html Disliked, not oppressed] By Paul Thornton, ''LA Times'', April 7, 2007</ref>  

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 much lessoned the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons.<ref>[http://www.latimes.com/opinion/la-oew-thornton18apr18-story.html Disliked, not oppressed] By Paul Thornton, ''LA Times'', April 7, 2007</ref>  

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.