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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.

This Has to Be Parody

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nov 17 2011, 11:00 AM ET Comment

Via Gawker, here's an attempt to create a conservative version of The View which is about as creatively successful as that ill-fated attempt to create a conservative version of The Daily Show. The claim that Snopes.com is owned by George Soros is an unwitting comment on what to expect.



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