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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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Attention Black People With Jobs

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 16 2009, 10:00 AM ET Comment

Every one of you can relate. Every one of you. Not that I've had any problems here at the Atlantic. No one's ever made a Kobe Bryant joke. Or asked me if black people use shampoo. Or asked me where to buy weed. Which really sucks for them. My connect is off the hook this year!




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