http://theatlantic.disqus.com/The Atlantic WebsiteenWed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:56 -0000http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2008/08/coates-and-megan-on-bloggingheads/4975#comment-36536458<p></p><p>Glad you enjoyed the book. I write better than I speak, because I'm a writer--been working at this for some years now. Speaking, not so much, but I'm trying to get better. As for being ghetto, I really don't have a problem with that. Ditto for being insecure on some things. Like everybody else in this world who drinks water, and inhales oxygen, I have my hang-ups. I'm only human, kid.</p><p></p> <p></p><p>P.S. It isn't BK, it's Harlem. It always will be.</p><p></p>Ta-Nehisi CoatesWed, 16 Jul 2008 13:17:56 -0000http://www.theatlantic.com/personal/archive/2008/08/coates-and-megan-on-bloggingheads/4975#comment-36536457<p></p><p>Don't call yourself "ghetto" please! Don't wear your insecurities on your sleeve! Why were you so deferential to MM? She was all over the place, castigating those who hate THE FAT yet at the same time she is oddly aware of her BMI? Hello? She's a walking contradiction, and a condescending UWS snob to her core. What's up with your porno aesthetic? (You really dissed your partner there son.) That was deeply disturbing. Hopefully, living in BK will cure you of that nonsense. Get married already. You are a role model for young black men.</p><p></p> <p></p><p>You write so much better than you speak. Why? Please get it together because you have so much to say that is valuable. Your book is brilliant. I will teach it and encourage my peers to do the same. You allow your white peers to feel superior because of they sense your fears. Cap and Trade? Give me a break. You could have googled that and spared us MM's the "All questions are good questions" crap. You are on the cusp of something remarkable. I sincerely wish you all of the best. </p><p></p>JayWed, 16 Jul 2008 12:56:58 -0000