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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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Ta-Nehisi's nefarious plans to dominate all whites exposed

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 20 2008, 2:12 PM ET Comment

Damn. We've been figured out:

The only reason the word "nigger" is such a taboo -- and yet is used freely among blacks -- is because keeping it a whites-only taboo is a way for blacks to intimidate and dominate whites

That's some genius over at Megan's blog (as always, thanks for the link-love Megan) who's apparently discovered our blueprints. Can't get anything past that guy. We'll have to be smarter next time. But first we have to do something about those IQ scores, no?



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