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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

Jun 17 2009, 1:00 PM ET Comment

Some folks feel like Donte Stallworth got off easy. I don't think there's a racial angle here, but I do think that the notion that there is universal justice system that works the same for everyone, everywhere is something that a lot of us (I won't even say black folks) can ill-afford.

In other news, it looks like Brett Favre is on his way back.


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