African Americans for Humanism

AAH promotes and fosters humanism in the Black community and supports Black humanists in the secular community.

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

Writer reflects on experiences as a black, intellectually curious atheist in the South:

"While family members were skimming over passages in the Bible...I was examining philosophers like David Hume, delving into his skepticism of religious miracles."

https://t.co/xhhe6ZQnhk

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

New article, but not surprising:

"Black men are less religious than black women, but more religious than white women and men"

https://t.co/aAzTeitMIg

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

Check out this recent interview with @mandy0904
from @BNonbelievers: "Can Atheist Black Women Beat Back Fundamentalism In America?"

https://t.co/fSCDzID6SL

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"Black Millennials are more religious than other Millennials"

...but still less religious than older Black people. Times are changing!

https://t.co/eWlELT881T

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"Black atheists matter: how women freethinkers take on religion" https://t.co/huueLhC2wS

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Nigerian human right activist Leo Igwe gave a moving TED talk on "Why I choose humanism over faith":

https://t.co/fZ2s4KROMr

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“I left formal religion when I was thirteen in favor of the forest.”
–Alice Walker https://t.co/LNaiJFpXgX

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

@Emergency201 Great! If you're looking for more info about historical African American humanism, nonreligion, and liberation, check out the work of @anthony_pinn @ccamrun2 @sikivuhutch and expand from there!

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

https://t.co/CEwlnP5Gcu profiles humanist playwright & activist Lorraine Hansberry, author of A Raisin in the Sun:

“It’s just that I get tired of [God] getting credit for all the things the human race achieves through its own stubborn effort.”

https://t.co/29aR8VkNKH

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"Leaving the black church, and gaining a humanist mission": Writer & activist @SinKirabo talks to Interfaith Voices about humanism, religion, and the black community:

https://t.co/y9hZfbMTBd

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

Here's author Dauv Evans on the @ourlifeaftergod podcast talking about his book 'Emancipation of a Black Atheist,' his own deconversion, and religion & atheism in the Black community:

https://t.co/WRckx476Wf

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

@Badger3k It's true that others who read the article found it thought-provoking. Sorry that wasn't the case for you.

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@M_Stone969 @reikaratnam @rdfrs Hello! The author and quote talk about the "sins" of today as well, and he recommends to humanists that they educate themselves on how those factors work.

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

@Friday13 Hello! The author and quote talk about the "sins" of today as well, and he recommends to humanists that they educate themselves on how those factors work.

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

Thought-provoking read from a humanist activist:

"It became crystal clear that I (and white people like me) need to accept responsibility for the damage done by racism and white privilege and must do what can be done to repair the harm."

https://t.co/DgDUWVujWV

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

"If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of him.” – James Baldwin

#blackhistorymonth

https://t.co/FOe2W5KurJ

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Did You Know that W.E.B. Du Bois, cofounder of @NAACP & author of The Souls of Black Folk, was a humanist & freethinker? #BlackHistoryMonth

https://t.co/isFfsHYNjo

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Profile of writer & activist @IjeomaOluo includes quote on her atheism:

“The same confidence that many of my friends have in the belief that Jesus walks with them is the confidence that I have that nobody walks with me.”

https://t.co/sbwi0NLgop

[African Americans for Humanism @aahumanism]

Are African Americans more religious than other groups? Yep, still.

But the % that's religiously unaffiliated is growing, especially younger Afr-Americans: 29% btwn ages 18–29 are unaffiliated! Culture's changing, & nonreligious ppl are more accepted:

https://t.co/if8pmeH9o3

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@atheistinglife @center4inquiry Hi! My read: Those don't conflict as Carter was critical of religion/beliefs while supportive of the Black church, "for the Negro church is the only institution the race controls."

https://t.co/80e2AEE33k

- @DebGod