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Shades of Black Atheism #9: Performer & Podcaster, Heather Henderson
To learn more about this series please click here or here.… Heather Henderson is the lead singer for Penn Jillette‘s No God Band and co-hosts two podcasts, Ardent Atheist and Skeptically Yours. She...
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Shades of Black Atheism #10: Raising Children as Christians, Justin Bonaparte
To learn more about this series please click here or here.…Justin Bonaparte, a 39-year-old Charlotte resident told me that he “was raised in a nominally Christian household.” He, along with his older...
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Shades of Black Atheism #11: Ex-Jehovah’s Witness, Ex-Pentecostal Bridgett...
To learn more about this series please click here or here.…Although she’s the founder of Minority Atheists of Michigan Bria Crutchfield said, “I haven’t always been an Atheist, unfortunately. I was...
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Shades of Black Atheism #12: Jack-of-All-Trades, Alix Jules
To learn more about this series please click here or here.…Alix Jules… where do I even begin? First, let me explain the big blocks of quoted text you’re about to read. Summarizing much of what he said...
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Shades of Black Atheism #13: Abused and Ignored by God, Tierra Hammond
To learn more about this series please click here or here.…Tierra Hammond is a 23-year-old Californian. She describes her mother as “religious” but not “overly so.” She was a seasonal Christian,...
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Shades of Black Atheism #14: CEO of Affinis Apparel, Robert Peoples
Robert Peoples is the CEO of Affinis Apparel (pronounced uh-FIN-is) — a clothing company promoting human rights and freethinking through urban indie fashion. Undoubtedly, Robert has been an atheist for...
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Shades of Black Atheism #15: Raised in Affluence, Traci-Lynne Harden
To learn more about this series please click here and here then here.…Born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, Traci-Lynne Harden grew up in the affluent black community of Cascade Heights in southwest...
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Faculty Speaker at Public School Graduation: ‘We Don’t Need More Women as CEOs’
On June 2nd, Peter Heck, a social studies teacher at Eastern High School in Greentown, Indiana, gave a controversial commencement speech at the school’s graduation ceremony. Among other things, he made...
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Another Celebrity Scientologist Leaves the Church
According to “King of Queens” star Leah Remini, the latest celebrity to leave the Church of Scientology, millions of Scientologists have it wrong. Leah Remini Anonymous sources for the New York Post...
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Because You Can Never Have Too Many White People in Your Church…
Makeda Pennycooke, executive pastor of operations at Freedom House Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, sent an email to church members this week introducing a new policy regarding which people she...
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Shades of Black Atheism #1: Lauren Anderson Youngblood
This is a guest post by Bridget R. Gaudette. Bridget was a contributor to the book, BlackNones, a book highlighting black atheist conversion stories.***[Note from author:] A few months ago I was...
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Shades of Black Atheism #2: Ian Cromwell
To learn more about this series, please click here.…Ian Cromwell is mostly known for his blog The Crommunist Manifesto at Freethought Blogs. He focuses on topics including race/racism, religion,...
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Shades of Black Atheism #3: Mandisa Thomas
To learn more about this series, please click here.…Mandisa Thomas is one of the co-founders and current President of Black Nonbelievers, Inc. The mission of this organization is fourfold: to provide...
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Shades of Black Atheism #4: The Story of a Trans Man, G. Andrews
To learn more about this series, please click here.…G. Andrews, also known as Flexx, is a 31-year-old trans man living in Miami, Florida. He* is the youngest child in his family and was the only one...
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Shades of Black Atheism #5: Baptist-Turned-Atheist, Nicome Taylor
To learn more about this series, please click here.…Nicome Taylor is a California native, with a religious background rooted in the Baptist Church. Now 30, she admits that this type of upbringing had a...
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Shades of Black Atheism #6: Harlem Native, Regi Metcalf
To learn more about this series, please click here.…I’ve been eager to post this interview with Regi Metcalf because he feels quite differently than I do about race and diversity-focused groups. This...
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Shades of Black Atheism #7: Haitian, Former Catholic Emelyne Museaux
To learn more about this series, please click here.…Born in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, where only 1% of the population are “nones,” Emelyne Museaux was raised in the Catholic religious tradition, just like...
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Shades of Black Atheism #8: Mythology Lover, Vance Salley
To learn more about this series, please click here.…Although 38-year-old Vance Salley of North Carolina is an atheist now, that hasn’t always been the case. With an Islamic father and a Catholic-raised...
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