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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.

From the department of too good to be true

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 22 2008, 12:00 PM ET Comment

I think Nate is right to say that Mittens makes a good deal of geographical sense. But I may have never seen a more insincere, wooden candidate in my life. The qualifications for VP are different, but I'd pay to see Biden and Romney in a debate. Anyway, more to the point, the possible entrance of Mittens gives us an opportunity to reminisce on the color-line. The saddest thing about this clip that the folks are clearly excited to see Mittens, and man, he'd rather be anywhere else.



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