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Black Skeptics Los Angeles observe Day of Solidarity
By Frederick Sparks Black Skeptics Los Angeles observed the Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers with a visit to the California African-American Museum (CAAM) followed by lunch at a south Los...
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by Frederick Sparks A few years ago I wrote a post overviewing the (limited) portrayals of black atheist characters in popular television and film. In it, I argued that more numerous portrayals of...
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Rising economic inequality and the “racial entitlement” of the Voting Rights Act
By Frederick Sparks On the day the statue honoring civil rights icon Rosa Parks was unveiled in the U.S. Capitol, stark reminders of persistent socio-economic disparities between blacks and whites...
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School-to-Prison Sequestration & White Post-Racial Privilege
By Sikivu Hutchinson “If you’ve seen a black or Latino person portrayed as a criminal on TV within the past twenty-four hours stand up. If you’ve seen a black or Latino person portrayed as a...
View ArticleReal World Atheism: A Panel on Godless Activism & Cultural Relevancy
In a nation in which economic inequality, racial wealth gaps, mass incarceration of people of color and Christian fascist mobilization have become the rule, what are some examples of culturally...
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Ida B. Wells, Feminist Public Menace
By Paula Giddings By Sikivu Hutchinson At an early age, black girls are branded as public menaces. They are suspended and expelled for “defiance” at greater rates than white boys who commit actual...
View ArticleInt’l Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers
March 14th is the International Day to Defend Apostates and Blasphemers. We stand in solidarity with the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain and courageous activists like Maryam Namazie to highlight and...
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Defense of Marriage: Racism, Family Values and the 99%
By Sikivu Hutchinson As Prop 8’s lead attorney trotted out the standard Christian fascist “marriage is only for procreation” party line before the Supreme Court yesterday, I was reminded of a 2012 Los...
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Women’s Leadership Project featured at Teen Skepchick
Janeth Silva Clay Wesley WLP leaders on racism, feminism, school climate and media images of women of color in the Teen Skepchick Interviews series, “where TS writers talk with amazing women Jamion...
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Ray Comfort thought that ‘bibliophile’ meant what?
…a cross between pedophile and Bible. Yup, this is the man who will topple a well evidenced scientific theory that happens to cornerstone of modern biology.
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Sikivu Hutchinson @ L.A. Times Festival of Books
“So much conversation regarding atheism and humanism gains no traction, and does little to push beyond areas of comfort and well worn arguments. Sikivu Hutchinson’s work offers an important corrective...
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Laurie James: A New Atheist for the New Millennium
Laurie James By Naima Washington To be sure, many assumptions are made about atheists. Some of the assumptions about atheists are made by atheists, and African American atheists are among the easiest...
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Prison House of Textbook History: Remembering the Chicano Blowouts
WLP & Paula C. By Sikivu Hutchinson In all my years of “post-Jim Crow” public education no one ever handed me a book written by a black woman and said that what she wrote is universal truth. I was...
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Professional basketball player Jason Collins comes out
by Frederick Sparks “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.” In case you hadn’t heard, NBA journeyman center Jason Collins has declared to the world that he is a gay man. Collins...
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Mad Science or School-to-Prison? Criminalizing Black Girls
By Sikivu Hutchinson High stakes test question: A female science student conducts an experiment with chemicals that explodes in a classroom, causes no damage and no injuries. Who gets to be the...
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Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels NOW AVAILABLE
Over the past several years, the Right has spun the fantasy of colorblind, post-racial, post-feminist American exceptionalism. This Orwellian narrative anchors the most blistering conservative...
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Call for Papers: Women of Color Beyond Faith Anthology
Call For Papers NEW ANTHOLOGY Women of Color Beyond Faith: Freethought, Feminism and Social Justice Editors: Sikivu Hutchinson and Kimberly Veal Historically, women of color have been more religious...
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Youth Justice Coalition: Call CA Lawmakers on Education/Justice Bills
Seven bills are moving through the legislature that will dramatically improve educational and life chances for California’s youth. Because of your support… SB 458 – Senator Wright – which...
View ArticleAbortion on Demand and Without Apology
For Every Woman In Every State The Reversal of Abortion and Birth Control Rights Must Stop Now! By Sikivu Hutchinson The following statement from the Stop Patriarchy Coalition is in response to the...
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Alton Lemon, civil rights and church/state separation activist, passes away.
By Frederick Sparks Alton T. Lemon, a civil rights activist who lent his name to a landmark Supreme Court case, died on May 4, 2013 in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. He was 84 Mr Lemon, who held a degree in...
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