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[[File:Sikivu Hutchinson.JPG|thumbnail|200px|right|Atheist Sikivu Hutchinson says that atheist organizations generally focus on church/state separation and [[creationism]] issues and not on the concerns the less affluent African-American population faces.<ref>[httphttps://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] by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, Washington Post June 16, 2014</ref> <br /><br />Hutchinson also mentioned that church organizations significantly help poor African-Americans.<ref>[httphttps://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] by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, Washington Post June 16, 2014</ref> See also: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitablenss]] ]]'''Sikivu Hutchinson''' is an American [[Atheism|atheist]], [[feminism|feminist]] and , authorand playwright. In her book ''Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics and the Value Wars'', Hutchinson takes issue with the social conservatism of black churches on the issues of [[abortion]] and [[homosexuality]].

''See also:'' [[Black atheism]] and [[Western atheism and race]]

{{cquote|The recent merger of the secular organization [[Center for Inquiry]] (CFI) and the [[Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science|Richard Dawkins Foundation]] (RDF) has been dubbed atheism's supergroup moment. Acknowledging the two organizations' outsized presence in the atheist world, Religion News Service acidly declared it a "royal wedding". The partnership, which gives Richard Dawkins a seat on the CFI board, smacks of a vindication of Dawkins' toxic, reactionary brand of [httphttps://www.salon.com/2013/08/10/richard_dawkins_does_it_again_new_atheisms_islamophobia_problem/ damn-all-them-culturally-backward-Western-values-hating- Muslims] New Atheism. As one of the most prominent global secular organizations, CFI's [http://www.centerforinquiry.net/about/corporate_governance all-white board] looks right at home with RDF's [https://richarddawkins.net/boardandstaff/ lily white board] and staff.<ref>[httphttps://www.huffingtonpost.com/sikivu-hutchinson/atheismsowhite-atheists-o_b_9078736.html #AtheismSoWhite: Atheists of Color Rock Social Justice] by Sikivu Hutchinson</ref>}} === RationalWiki/RationalMedia Foundation board of trustees and the lack of Black representation === See: [[RationalMedia Foundation board of trustees and the lack of Black representation]]

In June of 2014, Sikivu Hutchinson wrote in the ''Washington Post'' that atheist organizations generally focus on church/state separation and [[creationism]] issues and not the concerns the less affluent African-American population faces.<ref>[httphttps://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] by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, Washington Post June 16, 2014</ref> Hutchinson also mentioned that church organizations do offer significant help to poor African-Americans.<ref>[httphttps://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] by Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson, Washington Post June 16, 2014</ref> == Sikivu Hutchinson on the hiring of David Silverman by Atheist Alliance International == ''See also:'' [[Atheist Alliance International's hiring of David Silverman]] and [[Atheism and sexism]] and [[Atheism and the Me Too Movement]] In 2018, [[David Silverman]] was fired from the American Atheist organization after allegations of financial conflicts and sexual assault.<ref>[https://www.buzzfeed.com/peteraldhous/david-silverman-atheist-fired-sexual-misconduct?utm_term=.yt64RqDPA#.ordaNrO4R This Firebrand Atheist Was Just Fired After Allegations Of Financial Conflicts And Sexual Assault]</ref> Sikivu Hutchinson wrote about the hiring of David Silverman by the organization [[Atheist Alliance International]]:{{Cquote|The recent decision by Atheist Alliance International (AAI) to hire the former leader of American Atheists, David Silverman, to its executive director position is yet another indication that this business-as-usual rehab strategy also applies to movement atheism, which can be just as corrupt, cronyistic, and swaggeringly hostile to women as corporate America.<ref>[https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/10/14/hiring-of-accused-atheist-leader-is-reminder-that-metoo-is-still-needed-in-organized-atheism/ Hiring of Accused Atheist Leader Is Reminder That #MeToo Is Still Needed in Organized Atheism] by Sikivu Hutchinson, Rewire News</ref>}} David Silverman resigned his position as Executive Director of Atheist Alliance International in December of 2019.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/12/20/david-silverman-is-out-again/ David Silverman is out, again] by PZ Myers</ref>

According to Hutchinson, there is a "vacuum in secular [[social justice]] leadership" and that is why she and other skeptics founded the People of Color Beyond Faith network.<ref>[Atheism and social justice: Sikivu Hutchinson on the first People of Color Beyond Faith conference - See more at: http://chrisstedman.religionnews.com/2014/10/09/atheism-social-justice-sikivu-hutchinson-first-people-color-beyond-faith-conference Atheism and social justice: Sikivu Hutchinson on the first People of Color Beyond Faith conference], Chris Stedman, 2014</ref> Hutchinson says about the network, "We’re not only interested in working with nonbelievers and secularists of color, but also with progressive faith organizations that share a similar vision."<ref>[Atheism and social justice: Sikivu Hutchinson on the first People of Color Beyond Faith conference - See more at: http://chrisstedman.religionnews.com/2014/10/09/atheism-social-justice-sikivu-hutchinson-first-people-color-beyond-faith-conference Atheism and social justice: Sikivu Hutchinson on the first People of Color Beyond Faith conference], Chris Stedman, 2014</ref>See also: [[Atheism and liberal Christianity alliances]]

In 2012, Hutchinson was featured in a national billboard campaign of prominent black skeptics which was launched by the organization African Americans for Humanism.<ref>Winston&, Kimberly. "[http://www.faithstreet.com/onfaith/2012/02/22/blacks-say-atheists-were-unseen-civil-rights-heroes Blacks say atheists were unseen civil rights heroes]". ''The Washington Post''</ref> In a Los Angeles billboard, Hutchinson was featured and so was the author [[Zora Neale Hurston]], a folklorist of African-American culture who wrote about being a skeptic in her essay "Religion."<ref>Winston&, Kimberly. "[http://www.faithstreet.com/onfaith/2012/02/22/blacks-say-atheists-were-unseen-civil-rights-heroes Blacks say atheists were unseen civil rights heroes]". ''The Washington Post''</ref>

Hitchinson takes issue with the black comedian Steve Harvey's contention that atheists are amoral /immoral (see also: [[Atheism and morality]]).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgK3UE0v_T0 Video Found Of Humanist Slamming Steve Harvey's Comments at AAI 2009]</ref> Hutchinson also takes issues with Harvey's contention that African-Americans should shun [[black atheism|black atheists ]] and that most black atheists are quite likely "race-traitors".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgK3UE0v_T0 Video Found Of Humanist Slamming Steve Harvey's Comments at AAI 2009]</ref> Hutchinson contends that Harvey's "race-traitors" comment implies that African-Americans are so religious that to "step outside the fold is not only the spawn of Beelzebub, but someone that is basically disavowing their native cultural and racial heritage".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgK3UE0v_T0 Video Found Of Humanist Slamming Steve Harvey's Comments at AAI 2009]</ref>

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