Jul212010

The Skeptic Movement surely could use more People of Color

A little over three years ago, I wrote a piece entitled “Why Aren’t More Women Atheists?“. After attending The Amazing Meeting this year and receiving a comment from my friend Wendy (pictured just below, center) reminding me of this, I decided to revisit this notion. There have been a great deal of lady atheist and skeptic bloggers and readers that have come to be known since I first wrote that post in May of 2007. You can see many women in these photos:

Rose, Wendy, and Jennifer at TAM8

Rose, Joey, and Dawn at TAM8

Cailin at TAM8

Amy and Rose at TAM8

Kathleen at TAM8

Ashley at TAM8

So what do I notice in a photo such as this?

Pale Crowd at TAM8

That is one pale crowd. Look! Eric and I with one of the few non-whites at The Skepchick Party. BTW, Hemant truly is a Friendly Atheist. :)

Eric, Hemant, and Rose at TAM8

So, yes, the skeptic and atheist crowds could use a few more people of color. I do realize that this could be a very expensive trip (it’s even expensive for locals) so that would subtract a large number of people of skeptics from the actual attendees at TAM. But c’mon. It’s true, a lot more women have come out and have their faces shown. But they’re still mostly white faces. Quite frankly, it was the most tolerant room full of white people I’ve ever seen.

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