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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

Oct 15 2008, 5:05 PM ET Comment

Commenter poolside offers his take:

TNC likes to portray himself as above the fray ... all the while lecturing white people on history and how we are supposed to feel about it.
Well kind of. I actually think I'm down in the mud with all the other pinko, commie bastards. But I do like lecturing white people, but not just on history--on dress, food and culture also. Plus is there really anyway for white people to feel besides guilty? OK there's guiltier, I'll grant you that. But the key is guilt. Yes. More white guilt please.


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