A Helpful Guide to Coming Out as an Atheist When You’re African-American

A few months ago, Openly Secular released a guide to surviving the holidays as an atheist. Now they’ve followed that up with a helpful guide to coming out as an atheist when you’re African-American.

Why is that resource any different from a more generic “coming out” manual? Because there are challenges inherent to being black (or part of any minority group, really) that makes coming out as an atheist even harder. For example, saying no to religion when you’re black is often interpreted as a sl...