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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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Man I knew the story was a hoax, when she blamed a "6-4 black dude"

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 24 2008, 5:44 PM ET Comment

And I'm in Palo Alto.  I'm saying. I wasn't anywhere near Pittsburgh. Here's Rick Sanchez dropping the science on those fools who tried to frame me.

Next right-wing talking point: Clearly the "hoax charge" is tainted by the fact that the Pittsburgh police have black people in the upper ranks of their department. Clearly.




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