{"id":435386,"date":"2021-04-20T12:50:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=435386"},"modified":"2021-04-20T12:50:13","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T16:50:13","slug":"atheist-group-disowns-richard-dawkins-for-comments-on-transgenderism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/atheist-group-disowns-richard-dawkins-for-comments-on-transgenderism\/","title":{"rendered":"Atheist Group Disowns Richard Dawkins For Comments On Transgenderism"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fatheist-group-disowns-richard-dawkins-for-comments-on-transgenderism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=435386&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>World-renowned atheist thinker Richard Dawkins was stripped Monday of his 1996 \u201cHumanist Of The Year\u201d title for recent comments about transgenderism and race.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardDawkins\/status\/1380812852055973888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1381665011127451652%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es2_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fbooks%2F2021%2Fapr%2F20%2Frichard-dawkins-loses-humanist-of-the-year-trans-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dawkins sent a tweet<\/a> comparing Rachel Dolezal, who infamously <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2015\/06\/12\/naacp-president-lied-about-being-black-has-claimed-to-be-target-of-hate-crimes-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pretended for years to be black<\/a> in order to become president of the Spokane NAACP, to transgender individuals. Dawkins pointed out that Dolezal was \u201cvilified for identifying as black\u201d but that people are now \u201cvilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as\u201d when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/06\/tucker-carlson-arkansas-governor-publicly-pro-choice-gender-reassignment-surgery-asa-hutchinson-transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transgender people<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"13.389408099688\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">In 2015, Rachel Dolezal, a white chapter president of NAACP, was vilified for identifying as Black. Some men choose to identify as women, and some women choose to identify as men. You will be vilified if you deny that they literally are what they identify as.<\/p>\n<p>Discuss.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RichardDawkins\/status\/1380812852055973888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The American Humanist Association (AHA), a group with the goal to \u201cstrive to bring about a progressive society where being good without a god is an accepted and respected way to live life,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/americanhumanist.org\/news\/american-humanist-association-board-statement-withdrawing-honor-from-richard-dawkins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced Monday it was rescinding<\/a> their 1996 award to Dawkins as \u201cHumanist Of The Year.\u201d He was initially honored for his communication of scientific concepts to the public. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/20\/list-white-liberals-lying-about-being-black-satchuel-cole-rachel-dolezal-jessica-krug\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Here\u2019s A List Of White Liberals Caught Pretending To Be Black)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the group said Dawkins has \u201caccumulated a history of making statements that use the guise of scientific discourse to demean marginalized groups.\u201d Dawkins has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2021\/apr\/20\/richard-dawkins-loses-humanist-of-the-year-trans-comments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">caught backlash previously<\/a> for other comments, including in 2015 when he said, \u201cIs trans woman a woman? Purely semantic. If you define by chromosomes, no. If by self-identification, yes. I call her \u2018she\u2019 out of courtesy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis 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,\u201d said the AHA.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2017\/07\/22\/atheists-speech-at-christian-church-cancelled-because-he-has-condemned-islamic-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dawkins<\/a> later clarified his tweet, adding, \u201cI do not intend to disparage trans people. I see that my academic \u2018Discuss\u2019 question has been misconstrued as such and I deplore this.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/15\/aclu-washington-lawsuit-transgender-inmates-womens-liberation-front\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: ACLU Sues To Prevent Data On Transgender Prisoners From Being Released)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He also distanced himself from Republicans who have recently made news for <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/19\/kristi-noem-lgtbq-transgender\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introducing legislation concerning transgender individuals<\/a>: \u201cIt was also not my intent to ally in any way with Republican bigots in US now exploiting this issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dawkins has won numerous awards for his work on atheism and evolutionary biology, which includes books such as \u201cThe God Delusion\u201d and \u201cThe Selfish Gene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite being among the most influential atheist intellectuals to ever live, Dawkins was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atheists.org\/2021\/04\/american-atheists-richard-dawkins-trans-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">condemned by American Atheists<\/a>. The group\u2019s vice president for legal and policy, <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/12\/here-are-the-states-that-want-to-ban-trans-surgeries-for-minors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trans woman<\/a> Alison Gill, accused Dawkins of reinforcing \u201cdangerous and harmful narratives put forward by the opponents of equality.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World-renowned atheist thinker Richard Dawkins was stripped Monday of his 1996 \u201cHumanist Of The Year\u201d title for recent comments about transgenderism and race.Earlier this month, Dawkins sent a tweet comparing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276303,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-435386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}