Every one of you can relate. Every one of you. Not that I've had any problems here at the Atlantic. No one's ever made a Kobe Bryant joke. Or asked me if black people use shampoo. Or asked me where to buy weed. Which really sucks for them. My connect is off the hook this year!
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Ta-Nehisi Coates is a national correspondent for The Atlantic, where he writes about culture, politics, and social issues. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, Between the World and Me, and We Were Eight Years in Power.