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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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Where Bigotry Can Be Taken Pure, Without the Base Alloy of Hypocrisy

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Nov 1 2010, 6:06 PM ET Comment

I don't even know what to say anymore. It's officially fine to be bigoted toward Muslims. The panel (rather politely) dissented. I guess that's a good thing.

It's crazy. You could just as easily trade in Tanika for Mohammed, and terrorism for welfare babies. Different reasons. Same fear.



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