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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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The Axe

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 31 2008, 11:22 PM ET Comment

The trolling is getting off the hook, and the truth is that all the weapons I have at my disposal are brutal, inartful and indiscriminate. If you're an innocent who happens to get chopped by a wild swing, if you notice your comments held for quarrantine, my apologies--be consoled in the knowledge that it's for the greater good.


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