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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.

John McWhorter's Rebuttal To My Cosby Piece

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Apr 14 2008, 11:47 AM ET Comment

Interesting argument. Probably unfair for me to offer much of a rebuttal here. I think John has like 800 words or so. I had 7,000 plus to make my case. If I couldn't make my point in that much space, I need to get another career. What'd Big say? Don't be mad, UPS is hiring...



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