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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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Another Sista Souljah

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 2 2008, 6:56 PM ET Comment

Barack Obama opposes reparations. This is news because black leadership--also known as the NAACP--supports reparations. Obama isn't like most black people. Get it? At this rate, he will cede his share of the black vote to Cynthia McKinney--the true black candidate. Everyone knows that African-Americans think that reparations is the most critical issue facing the black community. Critical, I said.



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