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I am a black non-religious American part 1
“The U.S. Secular Survey was a groundbreaking 2019 survey of nearly 34,000 nonreligious people living in the United States. Of these participants, 891 identified as African American or Black, comprising
2.7% of the sample. Our previous Reality Check: Being Nonreligious in America report provided an overview of the data gathered through the U.S. Secular Survey, focusing on the lives and experiences of nonreligious people including atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, skeptics, and others. This brief will more closely focus on Black nonreligious people, a group that is far too often overlooked both within nonreligious communities and within our society more broadly. In addition to presenting data about this population, we will provide recommendations for secular groups that seek to more fully engage with and support
Black nonreligious people.
unaffiliated population, this percentage increases to 9% (Pew Research Center, 2015). According to Census estimates (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019), 13.4% of the U.S. population is Black, so then religiously unaffiliated Black people make up approximately 2.1% of the total U.S. population and 16.8% of the Black population. Recent research shows that, among Black Americans, 3% identify as atheist or agnostic (Mohamed et al., 2021). Although the U.S. Secular Survey was not a representative survey, the percentage of Black nonreligious participants generally aligned with these numbers. However, because of the prevalent stereotype in our society that Black people are more religious than other groups, we feel that it is necessary to further probe this issue.”
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By Antonio Myers“The U.S. Secular Survey was a groundbreaking 2019 survey of nearly 34,000 nonreligious people living in the United States. Of these participants, 891 identified as African American or Black, comprising
2.7% of the sample. Our previous Reality Check: Being Nonreligious in America report provided an overview of the data gathered through the U.S. Secular Survey, focusing on the lives and experiences of nonreligious people including atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, skeptics, and others. This brief will more closely focus on Black nonreligious people, a group that is far too often overlooked both within nonreligious communities and within our society more broadly. In addition to presenting data about this population, we will provide recommendations for secular groups that seek to more fully engage with and support
Black nonreligious people.
unaffiliated population, this percentage increases to 9% (Pew Research Center, 2015). According to Census estimates (U.S. Census Bureau, 2019), 13.4% of the U.S. population is Black, so then religiously unaffiliated Black people make up approximately 2.1% of the total U.S. population and 16.8% of the Black population. Recent research shows that, among Black Americans, 3% identify as atheist or agnostic (Mohamed et al., 2021). Although the U.S. Secular Survey was not a representative survey, the percentage of Black nonreligious participants generally aligned with these numbers. However, because of the prevalent stereotype in our society that Black people are more religious than other groups, we feel that it is necessary to further probe this issue.”
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antonio-myers4/support