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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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Party Like It's 1899

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 12 2009, 1:00 PM ET Comment

Lotta blackface lately. I see this stuff, and I don't so much get upset, as I don't really get it. Like, I have no desire at all to dress like Mickey Rooney in Breakfast As Tiffany's, or put on a sombrero and fake a Speedy Gonzales accent. I'm not even sure why that would be funny.

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