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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.

Jon Stewart On Birthers

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Jul 23 2009, 11:08 AM ET Comment

While I'm at it, I have not linked to Dave Weigel, which is a tragedy. One point that Dave makes, which I don't think people appreciate, is that the whole birther thing is the direct result of Obama trying to dispel rumors that his middle name was Muhammad. This notion that rational argument and evidence will convince people who believe that Obama has benefited from a massive conspiracy is faulty. They aren't actually interested in evidence. I'm sure, somewhere, there are people still looking for that whitey tape.

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