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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
Aug 27 2009, 2:13 PM ET Comment

The Spam filter has apparently gone nuts. We got someone advertising "Cougars" yesterday. Anyway, I know we've got some pretty hot 40-year old women trolling this site, and some game 20-year old dudes, but it really ain't that kind of party. At least not before noon. And not without a finder's fee payable to the "Coates College Fund."

All kidding aside, we should be back to normal in a bit.

UPDATE: Also, keep commenting please. I'll publish them as they get trapped until we get this figured out.


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