November 9, 2023

WTF is Wrong With Atlanta? (with Dr. Saida Grundy & Antonia Hylton)

by Stuck with Damon Young

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Dr. Saida Grundy returns to help Damon understand some of the cultural and economic nuances of the Black Mecca, in response to the response to TikTok restaurant critic Keith Lee's unpleasant experiences with some popular Atlanta restaurants. Then, author and NBC correspondent Antonia Hylton discusses her upcoming book Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum, which leads to a revealing conversation about the racist roots of mental health care in America.

Chapters

00:00 Open

00:23 Introduction 

01:38 Damon welcomes Dr. Saida Grundy to the show

06:24 The facade of Atlanta restaurants 

30:11 Damon Hates when people invite him over and don’t offer food

32:59 Journalist Antonia Hylton joins Damon for a conversation on black mental health

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