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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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About that Latino vote...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 20 2008, 7:36 AM ET Comment


Hmmm. Remember those stories about how Latino racism was going to kill Obama. Funny how they've receded to the back pages as Obama has started to dominate McCain among the demographic. White people hating black people is old hat. White people hating black people is cool. But Black people hating Latinos--or vice versa--is teh sexah!!! Regrettably, Latinos acting like what they are--Americans---is teh dull.


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