Sikivu Hutchinson
Sikivu Hutchinson is the founder of Black Skeptics Los Angeles and the Women’s Leadership Project Black feminist mentoring program for high school girls of color in L.A. Her book Humanists in the Hood: Unapologetically Black, Feminist, and Heretical was published in April 2020 and her novel Rock ’n’ Roll Heretic: The Life and Times of Rory Tharpe, is due in March.
Posts by Sikivu Hutchinson
Walking by Sight, Not Faith
Coming from historically religious African American communities, Black atheists are routinely marginalized and stigmatized. Although the number of Black religious “nones” is growing, self-identified... Read More
On Breonna Taylor, Criminal Injustice, and Trauma
Last week was the first time in US history that thousands have taken to the streets to demand justice for the life of a... Read More
The Black Humanist Heathen Gaze
On Wednesday, May 20, the American Humanist Association’s Center for Education presents its May Speaker Series event via Zoom (6:30-8:00pm ET) with Sikivu Hutchinson.... Read More
COVID Quackery, Faith, and Race
"I'm a Christian and there is a way that the Bible says to protect us from plagues." This robust declaration was made by one... Read More
Dirty Americana, Rock ‘n’ Roll Heretics
Picture this: a blond white woman wearing a black tank top and playing a white electric guitar graces the title page of Music Radar’s... Read More
From Brexit to El Paso: The Geopolitics of White Hate
On the bustling streets of Kensington in London last week, one of the Black women I asked to comment on the recent election of... Read More
Still, We Rise: The First Women of Color Beyond Belief Conference
Donald Trump’s recent racist, sexist, nativist tirade against congresswomen Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI)—telling them... Read More