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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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By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 27 2008, 2:39 PM ET Comment

Man I caught Al Sharpton today at the African-American Caucus. He killed. He should have gotten a good speaking slot. He was totally on message too--basically told the crowd to not allow themselves to be divided. At one point he addressed Barack's "blackness" and said something like. "The tell us he's too black. Then they tell he's too white. But it doens't matter because too us, he's alrigh." He was really good and was able to put "black issues" in an "American issues" context.



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