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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.

Ladies and gentleman--but mainly just white people....

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 5 2008, 9:45 AM ET Comment

I present your spokesperson. Seriously, it's over. He comes equipped with requisite "black friend," and a buddy who plays an "American guitatar"--as opposed to a, you know, French one. I know, I'm mocking "small-town American." I clearly have no regard for the "white working class"--the only working class that exists, ever, in history.  What do you expect? I'm the only guy who started drinking Honest Tea because McCain mocked Obama for drinking it.

UPDATE:
For the record, I hate all campaign songs equally. The "Yes We Can" video--and song--was propaganda as corn syrup. I'm not sure what to call this--except not good.



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