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'''DRAFT'''
==DRAFT==


'''Personal life'''
==Personal life==


Coates was raised in a working-class family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a [[Vietnam veteran]] and former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]. His mother, Cheryl, was the [[wikt:breadwinner|breadwinner]] in the family and his father was a [[stay-at-home dad]] where he ran a small publishing house<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100814580 Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show [[Fresh Air]] ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hRjUJHRK8QcC&pg=PA105 ''The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family'']. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-8070-2120-0}}, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 ''Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed'' Felicia Pride June 6, 2008</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient [[Nubia]].<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php</ref>
Coates was raised in a working-class family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a [[Vietnam veteran]] and former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]. His mother, Cheryl, was the [[wikt:breadwinner|breadwinner]] in the family and his father was a [[stay-at-home dad]] where he ran a small publishing house<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100814580 Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show Fresh Air ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hRjUJHRK8QcC&pg=PA105 ''The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family'']. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-8070-2120-0}}, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 ''Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed'' Felicia Pride June 6, 2008</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient [[Nubia]].<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php</ref>


Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including [[Baltimore Polytechnic Institute]], before graduating from [[Woodlawn High School]].<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=graduation&f=false</ref> After high school, he enrolled in [[Howard University]] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 "The guest list"]. ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" />
Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including [[Baltimore Polytechnic Institute]], before graduating from [[Woodlawn High School]].<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=graduation&f=false</ref> After high school, he enrolled in [[Howard University]] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 "The guest list"]. ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" />


'''Writing and teaching'''
==Writing and teaching==


In 2009, he published ''The Beautiful Struggle'', a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore and its impact on him.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/09/entertainment/et-coates9</ref><ref>http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/</ref> In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother;<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105588797</ref> his own experience attending Baltimore-area schools, which included by his own later account "two suspensions, two expulsions, and an arrest by school police";<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p4cfU8jdDcjE0AHQp4HYCA&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=snippet&q=teacher&f=false</ref> and his eventual graduation and enrollment in "Mecca", as he refers to Howard University.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=mecca&f=false</ref>
In 2009, he published ''The Beautiful Struggle'', a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore and its impact on him.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/09/entertainment/et-coates9</ref><ref>http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/</ref> In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother;<ref>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105588797</ref> his own experience attending Baltimore-area schools, which included by his own later account "two suspensions, two expulsions, and an arrest by school police";<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/</ref><ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p4cfU8jdDcjE0AHQp4HYCA&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=snippet&q=teacher&f=false</ref> and his eventual graduation and enrollment in "Mecca", as he refers to Howard University.<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=mecca&f=false</ref>
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</ref> His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher=''[[The Atlantic]]''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher=''[[New York Observer]]'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by [[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2075431,00.html "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011"]. [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]</ref> and the 2012 [[Hillman Prize]] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The [[Sidney Hillman]] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=[[On the media]]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=[[WNYC]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>
</ref> His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher=''[[The Atlantic]]''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher=''[[New York Observer]]'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by [[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2075431,00.html "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011"]. [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]</ref> and the 2012 [[Hillman Prize]] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The [[Sidney Hillman]] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=[[On the media]]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=[[WNYC]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>


Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and a guest columnist for the ''[[New York Times]]'', having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.<ref name="2013Observer" /> He has also written for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', ''Time'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Washington Monthly]] and [[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]] magazine.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=MIT>{{cite web|title=Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar|url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2012-coates-mlk-visiting-scholar-2012-13|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>
Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and a guest columnist for the ''[[New York Times]]'', having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.<ref name="2013Observer" /> He has also written for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', ''Time'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' and ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]] magazine''.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=MIT>{{cite web|title=Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar|url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2012-coates-mlk-visiting-scholar-2012-13|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>




'''SGGH version'''
==SGGH version==


==Personal life==
==Personal life==


Coates was raised in a working-class family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a [[Vietnam veteran]] and former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]. His mother, Cheryl, was the [[wikt:breadwinner|breadwinner]] in the family and his father was a [[stay-at-home dad]] where he ran a small publishing house<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100814580 Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show [[Fresh Air]] ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hRjUJHRK8QcC&pg=PA105 ''The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family'']. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-8070-2120-0}}, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 ''Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed'' Felicia Pride June 6, 2008</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient [[Nubia]].<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php</ref>
Coates was raised in a working-class family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]]. His father, William Paul Coates, was a [[Vietnam veteran]] and former [[Black Panther Party|Black Panther]]. His mother, Cheryl, was the [[wikt:breadwinner|breadwinner]] in the family and his father was a [[stay-at-home dad]] where he ran a small publishing house<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100814580 Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show Fresh Air ]</ref> during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.<ref>Smith, Jeremy Adam. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hRjUJHRK8QcC&pg=PA105 ''The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family'']. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-8070-2120-0}}, p. 105.</ref> Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.<ref>http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 ''Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed'' Felicia Pride June 6, 2008</ref> Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient [[Nubia]].<ref>http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php</ref>


Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/</ref> He enrolled in [[Howard University]] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 "The guest list"]. ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" />
Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/</ref> He enrolled in [[Howard University]] but dropped out to become a journalist.<ref name="Manning Up">{{cite web|url=http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830|title=Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed|author=Felicia Pride|publisher=Baltimore City Paper|date=2007-04-06}}</ref><ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=xyYEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA50 "The guest list"]. ''[[Vibe (magazine)|Vibe]]'', November 2004.</ref> He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.<ref name="2013Observer" />
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</ref> His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher=''[[The Atlantic]]''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher=''[[New York Observer]]'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by [[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2075431,00.html "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011"]. [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]</ref> and the 2012 [[Hillman Prize]] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The [[Sidney Hillman]] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=[[On the media]]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=[[WNYC]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>
</ref> His writing on race, such as his September 2012 ''Atlantic'' cover piece "Fear of a Black President",<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/09/fear-of-a-black-president/309064/ |title=Fear of a Black President |date=August 22, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |last=Coates |first=Ta-Nehisi |publisher=''[[The Atlantic]]''}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.niemanstoryboard.org/2012/09/28/notable-narrative-fear-of-a-black-president-by-ta-nehisi-coates/ |title=Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates |date=September 28, 2012 |accessdate=December 19, 2013 |first=Tom |last=Levenson |publisher=Nieman Storyboard}}</ref><ref name="2013Observer">{{cite news |publisher=''[[New York Observer]]'' |url=http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/?show=all |title=Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media |first=Jordan Michael |last=Smith |date=March 5, 2013 |accessdate=December 19, 2013}}</ref> have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by [[Time (magazine)|TIME Magazine]].<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,2075431,00.html "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011"]. [[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]</ref> and the 2012 [[Hillman Prize]] for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The [[Sidney Hillman]] Foundation.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=Hillman>{{cite web|title=2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.hillmanfoundation.org/2012-hillman-prize-opinion-analysis-journalism|publisher= Sidney Hillman Foundation|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".<ref name=OTM>{{cite web|last=Garfield|first=Bob|title=How to create an engaging comments section|url=http://www.onthemedia.org/story/178194-how-create-engaging-comments-section/|publisher=[[On the media]]|date=December 30, 2011|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref><ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|last=Azi|first=Paybarah|title=NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/195412-nprs-guide-to-blogging-act-like-andrew-sullivan-ben-smith-ta-nehisi-coates/|publisher=[[WNYC]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2010}}</ref><ref name=media>{{cite web|last=Matias|first=J. Nathan|title=The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab|url=http://civic.mit.edu/blog/natematias/the-beauty-and-terror-of-commenting-communities-ta-nehisi-coates-at-the-media-lab|publisher=MIT Center for Civic Media|accessdate=October 4, 2013|date=October 22, 2012}}</ref>


Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and a guest columnist for the ''[[New York Times]]'', having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.<ref name="2013Observer" /> He has also written for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', ''Time'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Washington Monthly]] and [[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]] magazine.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=MIT>{{cite web|title=Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar|url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2012-coates-mlk-visiting-scholar-2012-13|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>
Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]], and a guest columnist for the ''[[New York Times]]'', having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.<ref name="2013Observer" /> He has also written for ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Washington City Paper]]'', ''Time'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', the ''[[Washington Monthly]]'' and ''[[O, The Oprah Magazine|O]] magazine''.<ref name="2013Observer" /><ref name=MIT>{{cite web|title=Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar|url=http://shass.mit.edu/news/news-2012-coates-mlk-visiting-scholar-2012-13|publisher=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]]|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 05:20, 16 May 2024

DRAFT[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Coates was raised in a working-class family in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, William Paul Coates, was a Vietnam veteran and former Black Panther. His mother, Cheryl, was the breadwinner in the family and his father was a stay-at-home dad where he ran a small publishing house[1] during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.[2] Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.[3] Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient Nubia.[4]

Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools, including Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, before graduating from Woodlawn High School.[5] After high school, he enrolled in Howard University but dropped out to become a journalist.[6][7] He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.[8]

Writing and teaching[edit]

In 2009, he published The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore and its impact on him.[9][10] In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother;[11] his own experience attending Baltimore-area schools, which included by his own later account "two suspensions, two expulsions, and an arrest by school police";[12][13] and his eventual graduation and enrollment in "Mecca", as he refers to Howard University.[14]

Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he maintains a blog as well as contributing feature articles. Topics covered by the blog include issues of race, politics, education, and legal issues, as well as culture, sports, and music. He often uses his own experiences as background for his commentary.[15][16][17][18][19] His writing on race, such as his September 2012 Atlantic cover piece "Fear of a Black President",[20][21][8] have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by TIME Magazine.[22] and the 2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The Sidney Hillman Foundation.[8][23] Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".[24][25][26]

Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a guest columnist for the New York Times, having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.[8] He has also written for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, Time, The Washington Post, the Washington Monthly and O magazine.[8][27]


SGGH version[edit]

Personal life[edit]

Coates was raised in a working-class family in Baltimore, Maryland. His father, William Paul Coates, was a Vietnam veteran and former Black Panther. His mother, Cheryl, was the breadwinner in the family and his father was a stay-at-home dad where he ran a small publishing house[28] during Ta-Nehisi's childhood.[29] Ta-Nehisi's father had seven children.[30] Ta-Nehisi is an Egyptian name for ancient Nubia.[31]

Coates attended a number of Baltimore-area schools.[32] He enrolled in Howard University but dropped out to become a journalist.[6][33] He currently resides in Harlem with his wife and son.[8]

Writing and teaching[edit]

In 2009, he published The Beautiful Struggle, a memoir about coming of age in West Baltimore. In it, he discusses the influence of his father, a former Black Panther; the prevailing street crime of the era and its effects on his older brother;[34] as well as the significance of his own experiences attending Baltimore-area schools, including "two suspensions, two expulsions, and an arrest by school police" that he cites as influential;[35][36] and his eventual graduation and enrollment in Howard University.

Coates is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he maintains a blog as well as contributing feature articles. Topics covered by the blog include issues of race, politics, education, and legal issues, as well as culture, sports, and music. He often uses his own experiences as background for his commentary.[37][38][39][40][41] His writing on race, such as his September 2012 Atlantic cover piece "Fear of a Black President",[42][43][8] have been especially praised, and have won his blog a place on the Best Blogs of 2011 list by TIME Magazine.[44] and the 2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism from The Sidney Hillman Foundation.[8][23] Coates' blog has also been praised for its engaging comments section, which Coates curates and moderates heavily so that, "the jerks are invited to leave [and] the grown-ups to stay and chime in".[24][25][26]

Coates is the 2012-13 MLK visiting professor for writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and a guest columnist for the New York Times, having turned down an offer from them to become a regular columnist.[8] He has also written for The Village Voice, Washington City Paper, Time, The Washington Post, the Washington Monthly and O magazine.[8][27]

  1. ^ Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show Fresh Air
  2. ^ Smith, Jeremy Adam. The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8070-2120-0, p. 105.
  3. ^ http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed Felicia Pride June 6, 2008
  4. ^ http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php
  5. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=graduation&f=false
  6. ^ a b Felicia Pride (2007-04-06). "Manning Up: The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed". Baltimore City Paper.
  7. ^ "The guest list". Vibe, November 2004.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Jordan Michael (March 5, 2013). "Fear of a Black Pundit: Ta-Nehisi Coates raises his voice in American media". New York Observer. Retrieved December 19, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jul/09/entertainment/et-coates9
  10. ^ http://observer.com/2013/03/fear-of-a-black-pundit/
  11. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105588797
  12. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/
  13. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p4cfU8jdDcjE0AHQp4HYCA&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=snippet&q=teacher&f=false
  14. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JYEkU85np6fSAZrjgeAC&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=onepage&q=mecca&f=false
  15. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/06/things-i-dont-understand/19326/
  16. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/
  17. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/10/a-culture-of-poverty/64854/
  18. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/a-quick-note-on-violence/259508/
  19. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/if-i-were-a-black-kid/276655/
  20. ^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (August 22, 2012). "Fear of a Black President". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 19, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  21. ^ Levenson, Tom (September 28, 2012). "Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates". Nieman Storyboard. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  22. ^ "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011". Time Magazine
  23. ^ a b "2012 Hillman Prize for Opinion & Analysis Journalism: Ta-Nehisi Coates". Sidney Hillman Foundation. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  24. ^ a b Garfield, Bob (December 30, 2011). "How to create an engaging comments section". On the media. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  25. ^ a b Azi, Paybarah (October 22, 2010). "NPR's guide to blogging: act like Andrew Sullivan, Ben Smith, Ta-Nehisi Coates". WNYC. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  26. ^ a b Matias, J. Nathan (October 22, 2012). "The beauty and terror of commenting communities: Ta-Nehisi Coates at the Media Lab". MIT Center for Civic Media. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  27. ^ a b "Ta-Nehisi Coates is 2012-2013 MLK Visiting Scholar". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  28. ^ Interview with Terry Gross on NPR's radio show Fresh Air
  29. ^ Smith, Jeremy Adam. The Daddy Shift: How Stay-at-Home Dads, Breadwinning Moms, and Shared Parenting are Transforming the American Family. Boston: Beacon Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-8070-2120-0, p. 105.
  30. ^ http://www2.citypaper.com/news/story.asp?id=15830 Manning Up The Coates Family's Beautiful Struggle in Word and Deed Felicia Pride June 6, 2008
  31. ^ http://www.bookslut.com/features/2008_11_013677.php
  32. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/
  33. ^ "The guest list". Vibe, November 2004.
  34. ^ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105588797
  35. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/
  36. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=ssiLaPY8c04C&printsec=frontcover&dq=beautiful+struggle&hl=en&sa=X&ei=p4cfU8jdDcjE0AHQp4HYCA&ved=0CC8QuwUwAA#v=snippet&q=teacher&f=false
  37. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2009/06/things-i-dont-understand/19326/
  38. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-littlest-schoolhouse/308132/
  39. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2010/10/a-culture-of-poverty/64854/
  40. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/07/a-quick-note-on-violence/259508/
  41. ^ http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/06/if-i-were-a-black-kid/276655/
  42. ^ Coates, Ta-Nehisi (August 22, 2012). "Fear of a Black President". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 19, 2013. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  43. ^ Levenson, Tom (September 28, 2012). "Notable narrative: "Fear of a Black President," by Ta-Nehisi Coates". Nieman Storyboard. Retrieved December 19, 2013.
  44. ^ "Full List - The Best Blogs of 2011". Time Magazine
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