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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2014-06-04 06:48 pm

[ SECRET POST #2710 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2710 ⌋

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Re: Do you consider atheists oppressed?

(Anonymous) 2014-06-05 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Every kind of marginalization is different, both in terms of severity and the ways in which it manifests. The marginalization that atheists experience is not as severe as some other marginalized groups, but there is definitely a dynamic in place with Christians (and, to a lesser extent, anyone who believes in a God/gods or practices a theistic religion) enjoying privileges that atheists institutionally and culturally lack. There are instances of discrimination, threats, and even violence against atheists, but because atheists are in many ways an "invisible minority," it's not as frequent. (However, being mistakenly assumed to be part of the privileged group does not negate marginalization, especially since that often translates into a cultural pressure to shut up and disappear.) If it was possible to tell someone's religious affiliation just by looking at them, I suspect that the institutional and cultural disadvantages faced by atheists would become much more obvious.