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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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Cleaner video of the murder of Oscar Grant

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jan 9 2009, 3:11 PM ET Comment

Not for the faint of heart. This is incredibly disturbing. I still can't, for the life of me, get at what this guy was thinking. Props to Sg for the link.

UPDATE: You guys are right. Murder is to strong. I don't know what happened. This is why you cultivate commenters who are smarter than you. They will save you from yourself.


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