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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 shocking racism of PUMA

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 28 2008, 6:53 PM ET Comment

Oh who am I kidding, they are who we thought they were.It is sort of sickening how they always go for Michelle, and doubly how they impute their own fears on her. These guys are sicker than any West Virginia racist who makes moves out of ignorance. These folks move with complete suicidal awareness. Hillary should have smacked them down months ago.


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