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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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By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Sep 2 2008, 12:11 PM ET Comment


Joe Biden--Joe Biden, mind you--responding to Karl Rove calling him a "big, blowhard doofus":

On hearing the news, Biden grinned and said "he's a great American."
Man that Obama cool is rubbing right off on him. On other matters, Rove needs to learn how to snap on people. He would have gotten laughed right out my seventh grade class for that one. Of course this follows that "black guy at the country-club who snatched my girl" crack. No disrespect, but you gonna have to come harder than that kid.


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