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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
Jan 11 2010, 10:00 AM ET Comment

Remember Katon Dawson, the RNC chair candidate who belonged to a segregated country club? He lost to Steele for obvious reasons. With his RNC run behind him, Dawson is back to life. You know golfing, tennis, lunching...at the same segregated country club.

Now, in Dawson's defense...

There is no written prohibition against black members in the Club's by-laws, however the deed to the property on which it is located expressly forbids their membership.
This tends to be a problem for segregated country clubs. Their members tend to be good people. But their deeds are often racist. No way to control that...


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