Blog Profile / Ta-Nehisi Coates
| URL : | http://ta-nehisicoates.theatlantic.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Society & Culture | |
| Posts on Regator: | 4850 | |
| Posts / Week: | 21.8 | |
| Archived Since: | February 10, 2009 | |
Blog Post Archive
The Myth Of The Crack Baby
Here is a great video on the effects of the "Crack Baby" hysteria of the early 80s. One thing I did…
How the Obama Administration Talks to Black America
"Convenient race-talk" from a president who ought to know better
The Lost Battalion
My sense is that there is a need for an open thread today. I don't think I should say much more.
The Social Construction of Race
Two more posts on the topic that are worth reading
What We Mean When We Say 'Race Is a Social Construct'
In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up.
The Man Who Liked to Sleep With Women
François Truffaut's 1977 L'homme Qui Aimait Les Femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) isn't exactly about what its title suggests.
The Man Who Liked To Sleep With Women
Here's a video with The New Yorker's Richard Brody's giving his take on François Truffaut's…
The Grandiloquent Gatsby
It's not that Gatsby can't be filmed. It's that it can't be filmed by this Hollywood.
It's Motherboy 40: Arrested Development Was Always Meant for the GIF Age
The show's almost-literary richness makes it infinitely rewatchable.
Morning Coffee: Childish Gambino's 'It May Be Glamour Life'
A Donald Glover track sans Donald Glover, plus Ghostface
Morning Coffee
Finally heard Childish Gambino's Royalty. I think this is the only track on the album without…
The Dark Art of Racecraft
Jason Richwine's place in the long history of research on race and IQ
Ban This Fan
Flipping off an athlete, as Filomena Tobias did to Joakim Noah, is beyond OK.
'Your Sloppy Scrounging For Views-Ass Remix Is Terrible'
Jay-Smooth takes on the autotuning of Charles Ramsey and does what only he can do. Aisha Harris…
The Ghetto Is Public Policy
A generation of young black people saw their families' middle-class values earn their parents pariah-class treatment.
Will Wright, SimCity, and DRM
Even the game's creator agrees I shouldn't have to play with others in order to play at all.
'It Seemed A Sheet Of Sun'
A few weeks ago, having finished, Antony Beevor's The Second World War, I was trying to grapple…
Hip-Hop and the Company Line
Mountain Dew drops Lil Wayne; Reebok cuts Rick Ross. Turns out, words have a price.
How To Be An Opinion Journalist Cont.
I'm working on a story right now that is rooted in the racial wealth gap and New Deal era public…
Social Power And The Central Park Five
If you haven't seen Ken and Sarah Burns' Central Park Five documentary, I'd urge you to…