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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.

'Taxi Cabs and the Meaning of Work'

By Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sep 20 2010, 12:47 PM ET Comment

I didn't expect to get this many e-mails requesting the article. As far as I can tell, it's not available, either at TNR's site or elsewhere on the internet. Which means that if you want to read it, you need access to a service like LexisNexis or ProQuest. I originally reproduced it here in this post, but I've taken it down. If you can find a link anywhere, please let me know:

  • Stephen Glass, "Taxi Cabs and the Meaning of Work," The New Republic, Aug. 5, 1996; Vol. 215; Iss. 6; p. 20.

Given that the piece is cooked, in terms of modern journalism, it is by far the most racist article I've ever read.



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