Some time ago I posted a link to an article about the growing emergence of open skepticism in the black community, traditionally viewed as one of the more religiously observant groups. Many famous black people of the past had been skeptics but they were often viewed as outliers and exceptions. It is now being realized they are not that few in number and the internet is allowing them to realize that they are not alone and to connect with one another, just like the skeptics in the military, in rural communities, etc.

There is now an organization called African Americans for Humanism that says:

Today as in the past, many African Americans question religion and religious institutions. More and more of us stand for reason over faith. Freethought over authority. Critical thinking in place of superstition. Many of us are nonreligious; some are nontheistic.

African Americans for Humanism supports skeptics, doubters, humanists, and atheists in the African American community, provides forums for communication and education, and facilitates coordinated action to achieve shared objectives.

In an irrational world, those who stand for reason must stand together.

The Director of AAH Debbie Goddard has an interesting piece on the periodic interest in the media to the ‘discovery’ that, yes, there are nonreligious black people.