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Ta-Nehisi Coates - Ta-Nehisi Coates is a senior editor for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues for TheAtlantic.com and the magazine. He is the author of the memoir The Beautiful Struggle. More

Born in 1975, the product of two beautiful parents. Raised in West Baltimore—not quite The Wire, but sometimes ill all the same. Studied at the Mecca for some years in the mid-’90s. Emerged with a purpose, if not a degree. Slowly migrated up the East Coast with a baby and my beloved, until I reached the shores of Harlem. Wrote some stuff along the way.
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"Muslim Heat Vision"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Dec 29 2009, 3:00 PM ET Comment

Spencer's new catchphrase is almost as awesome as "Ice, Ice Baby" coming on at the end of this segment. Muslim Heat Vision indeed.

On a sidenote, all this talk about Muslims has got me wanting a decent bean pie. My Pops makes the best, but says the bean pies on the street, these days, aren't so good. Apparently they haven't been the same since Elijah Muhammad died. Back at Howard the brother's used to eat them with a couple scoops of vanilla ice cream. The Muslim Sleeping Pill, they called it. I think I like Muslim Heat Vision better.

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