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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 20 2008, 7:09 PM ET Comment

I know a lot of us have been crowing over the nuts at the McCain rally, because they're unwittingly helping Barack. I think that nuts in either party are bad for the country. I generally feel that black people voting 9 to 1 for Dems is actually not a good thing. Black people support Dems because they're convinced, understandably, that the GOP is racist. But that's very different than blacks supporting Dems because they're 9-1 liberal. I prefer the latter--the former, not so much. Anyway, this is why I was heartened to see the following video. Bigots and idiots need to be purged out of our politics. I applaud that purging in both parties. Unfortunately, the McCain people now seem to have muzzled the dude. Oh well. Props to him anyway.

UPDATE:
Peace to Asher for the link.




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