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=== Black atheists and loneliness ===
[[File:Jamila Bey.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|[[Jamila Bey]] ]] 
''See also:'' [[Western atheism and race]]  and [[Atheism and loneliness]]

[[National Public Radio]] interviewed the African-American atheist [[Jamila Bey]] and the host of the interview said:
{{cquote|...for a couple of centuries, African-American culture has been imbued with [[Christianity]]. The church figured prominently in both the [[abolition]]ist and [[civil rights]] movements. And today in many communities, the Christian church continues to be the nucleus of black life.

So, what about the black nonbelievers? It's one isolating experience, according to [[Jamila Bey]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127239913 Black Atheists Say Non-Belief Means Cultural Outsider], NPR, May 28, 201012:00 PM ET</ref>}}