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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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Talk to Him Like He's Stupid

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Jul 12 2011, 3:17 PM ET Comment

Friends. Venture over to my neighbor's Alexis Madrigal's home, pull out your chalk and blackboard, and help a brother out. He's literally asking for it.

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