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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

Dec 21 2008, 9:48 AM ET Comment

Go for it folks. Down goes Dallas. Down goes Dallas. Truth be told, championship football requires way too much discipline to play as Dallas did. Fans will see a defense that let the team down. I see a team that wasn't especially mentally tough. We all know whose job that is. 

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