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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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Imus Returns

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Oct 5 2009, 9:00 AM ET Comment

I never understood the point of driving him off the air. I certainly understood why "Nappy-Headed Hoes" was offensive. I also thought his "I wasn't the first one to say it!" defense was lame. And I did like Gwen Ifill calling out the wierdness of elite Washington embracing him. But all in all, I don't really know what was accomplished. Oh yeah. It gave us Morning Joe.

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