People often stop me in the street and demand to know, “Who are these ‘Effete Elite’ of which you speak?” It is a timely question, since a queen of the Effete Elite may become leader of the free world ...

About the Author Ta-Nehisi Coates is a former national correspondent for The Atlantic. He is the author of The Beautiful Struggle, We Were Eight Years in Power, The Water Dancer, and Between the World ...

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