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Mayor Andre Dickens - "Let me be clear though. This is Atlanta. We don't need anyone to tell us when to be offended."
"And history has shown... when we are, you’ll know."
Take it from someone who was actually in the chair asking the questions: context matters more than a headline. The conversation around his new book included him speaking about his own academic struggles, including not doing well on the SAT. That wasn’t an attack on anyone. It was a moment of vulnerability about his own journey.
We’ve gotten so used to loud, chest-pounding politics that when someone speaks about shortcomings, people try to twist it into something else.
Let me be clear though. This is Atlanta. We don’t need anyone to tell us when to be offended. And history has shown... when we are, you’ll know.
If you want the full context, watch the full clip, read the book, and engage the complete conversation.
We’ve gotten so used to loud, chest-pounding politics that when someone speaks about shortcomings, people try to twist it into something else.
Let me be clear though. This is Atlanta. We don’t need anyone to tell us when to be offended. And history has shown... when we are, you’ll know.
If you want the full context, watch the full clip, read the book, and engage the complete conversation.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DVHpugCFGFT/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=14364210-d84e-4dd7-8da3-51b076d3f1c4