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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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A short list of things not to be when you grow up

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 22 2008, 12:21 PM ET Comment

1.) Mass murderer
2.) Terrorist
3.) Anti-pornography crusader and counselor to survivors of sexual assault, who stars in a porno in which you sexually assault 18-year old girls. Props to Alas, a blog for this.



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