
Gavin Newsom ripped for telling black mayor ‘I’m like you’ before quoting his low SAT score: ‘Liberal racism on display’
NY Post
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has been accused of racism after citing his underwhelming SAT score during a chat with a black elected official over the weekend.
“I’m not trying to impress you, I’m just trying to impress upon you, ‘I’m like you. I’m not better than you.’ I’m a 960 SAT guy,” Newsom told Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens during a Sunday night event promoting his forthcoming memoir, “Young Man in a Hurry.”
“And I’m not trying to offend anyone,” the potential 2028 Democratic contender went on. “I’m not trying to act all there if you got 940 … You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.”
The average SAT score for blacks or African Americans, who make up 12% of test takers, is 907 out of a possible 1600, according to College Board 2024 data.
Meanwhile, white participants received an average score of 1083.
Newsom is a 1989 graduate of Santa Clara University, to which he received a letter of recommendation from two-time California Gov. Jerry Brown — who had appointed Newsom’s father to be a Golden State appellate judge.













