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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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Gamesmanship

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 20 2009, 3:00 PM ET Comment

Here I am with Will Wright, talking about game-making, out at the Aspen Ideas Fest. Considering, I first played SimCity when I was, like, 15, this was awesome-sauce.

Not so awesome-sauce, is realizing that I'm wearing the same young-ass sweater I wore for this other ATL video. If this was 91, fools would have jokes for days. What did Chris Rock say? You better take your ass to Banana Republic...




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