𝐀𝐍 𝐀𝐓𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀 𝐖𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐉𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐎𝐍 𝐂𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎𝐎 𝐒𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐆𝐄𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲-𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩. - M.A. Rothman

From an on-camera complaint posted to TikTok and then to X:

“𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳. 𝘐 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢. 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧*𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘹𝘩𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘥.”

The reality-check the woman did not include:

• Atlanta is led by 𝐚 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐨𝐫.
• Atlanta is approximately 𝟒𝟕 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟒𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞.
• Atlanta is literally referred to as “𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘤𝘢” in marketing materials produced by the city itself.
• Atlanta is home to 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐒 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲...