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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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If You Want To Talk About The Ricci Case...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 26 2009, 1:00 PM ET Comment

...then you really should read this piece by Emily Bazelon and Nicole Allen. It's a work of actual reporting, and informed legal analysis. I still maintain my "twice as good" attitude. But that isn't so much a matter of law, as it is my own competitive hang-ups.


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