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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.

The arrogance of Rangel

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Aug 14 2008, 3:30 PM ET Comment

Courtesy of Dannity, Charlie Rangel thinks he's somehow entitled to a speaking role at the Convention:

Rangel surrogates approached Obama staffers this week about the possibility of securing him a slot at the podium, making the case that it would showcase reconciliation between the nominee and Clinton's African-American supporters.
What African-American Clinton supporters? All seven percent of them? Give me a break. Charlie's a man without a country on this one. Why should Obama cut out people that risked their necks by supporting him for Rangel? I just can't believe he's pissed about this. The worst part of this whole affair is the sentiment among some Clinton supporters that they didn't actually lose the primary, they agreed to give to Obama and thus should be treated like co-winners.


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