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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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Is There Anything Better Than...

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 15 2010, 4:56 PM ET Comment

...getting a new pair of running shoes? 

It really doesn't matter that I'm slow as fuck. Whenever I get a new pair I feel like young Parker running off to kick Firelord's ass in my black uniform.

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