The AHA and Richard Dawkins

The American Humanist Association (AHA), which named Richard Dawkins as Humanist of the Year in 1996, has voted to withdraw, effective immediately, his award. His crime?

Regrettably, Richard Dawkins has over the past several years accumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups, an approach antithetical to humanist values. His latest statement implies that the identities of transgender individuals are fraudulent, while also simultaneously attacking Black identity as one that can be assumed when convenient. His subsequent attempts at clarification are inadequate and convey neither sensitivity nor sincerity.

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