Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Jamiah Hawkins | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-jamiah-hawkins

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Kenneth Gonzalez Santibanez | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-kenneth-gonzalez-santibanez

Seventh place — Persons of color essay contest: George Olea-Romo | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/seventh-place-persons-of-color-essay-contest-george-olea-romo

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Raimundo Farmer | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-raimundo-farmer

Honorable mention — Persons of color essay contest: Jessie Garcia | Freethought Today

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/honorable-mention-persons-of-color-essay-contest-jessie-garcia

First place — Persons of color essay contest: Nicole Li | Freethought Today

It took me 15 years to realize that I was being systemically and nonconsensually indoctrinated. A decade of Sunday school had failed to instill a flicker of faith in me, and I began to question the legitimacy and pragmatism of “miracle” stories and weekly bible drills. I was sent to youth group as if it was day care, and was expected to blindly accept the lectured dogma. ....
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Ninth place (tie) — Persons of color essay contest: Elisa Nicolini | Freethought Today

Contrary to what religious organizations would have you believe, there is much to gain and little to lose by leaving religion. Many freethinkers, especially in the case of people of color from developing countries (such as myself), are raised in organized religion and are indoctrinated into a mindset that promotes the hatred of the reified “other,” including homosexuals, atheists and individuals belonging to other religions. This mindset is extremely pervasive in the fundamentalist Catholicism that is practiced by my Mexican family.....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/ninth-place-tie-persons-of-color-essay-contest-elisa-nicolini

Tenth place (tie) — Persons of color essay contest: Javohn Dyer | Freethought Today

Life as a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) was unique; lead by the Governing Body, a group of eight men who reside in Bethel, N.Y., JW’s version of Mecca. It’s where they create literature that enables child abuse, supports science denial, shunning and the refusal of blood transfusions, the latter causing thousands of deaths, a fact the organization has hidden through lies and gaslighting. ....
https://www.freethoughttoday.com/vol-36-no-08-october-2019/tenth-place-tie-persons-of-color-essay-contest-javohn-dyer