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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.

Don't hire Bernie Mac...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jul 13 2008, 10:34 PM ET Comment

...if you're looking for Red Skelton.  I get that you're a politician and you've gotta play it safe, but there's a simple way out--don't book Bernie Mac. Did you not see the Kings of Comedy?



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