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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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Shocking Things I Actually Care About

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jun 8 2010, 2:27 PM ET Comment

I know there are other things to be concerned about, but I'm glad they busted Joren Van der Sloot. Just saying.

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