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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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Layers Upon Layers Of Fail

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 22 2009, 4:36 PM ET Comment

Buchanan attacks Sonia Sotomayor for trying to perfect her English. He does this while attending an "English only"conference. Where the banner misspelled "conference." Unbelievable.

More believable--Buchanan's copanelist urged the GOP to appeal to "young whites" and "yellow people." I'm sure all the "yellow people" are feeling the love. I know I am. And I'm only a little red.



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