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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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Update on that White Leader poll

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Aug 15 2008, 4:21 PM ET Comment

It'll be up Monday folks. I picked nine nominees from the list and threw one more in. The process was not democratic. The thinking was that white people never really know what's good for them.

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