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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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To Be Clear

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 3 2009, 11:12 AM ET Comment

It needs to be said, very loudly, that the post on The Blind Side, is not taking a shot at the book. It's looking at what sort of stories make to the screen, and in what form. No one is arguing that book isn't more nuanced. Having only read the excerpt, I wouldn't dispute that at all.


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