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Plagiarism in Huffington Post?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Aisha Curry has accused Tameka Foster [Raymond] of plagiarism in an article of Foster's in the Huffington Post, She's Pretty For A Dark Skinned Girl, which begins:

I am a dark-skinned African American woman with features that reflect my ancestry. Debates regarding Light vs. Dark and other biases have plagued our race for years and continues to impact millions of Black women.

See
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tameka-foster-raymond/shes-pretty-for-a-dark-sk_b_256784.html

The response was primarily a brush-off:

But Foster, who is currently in the process of divorcing the R&B singer [Usher], is adamant she came up with the article on her own.
Her publicist tells BVBuzz.com, "Tameka has never even heard of the book you referenced nor does she believe you even deserve a response."

The successful receipt of a message can depend on the identity of the messenger, rather than on the content of the message.

Full post as published by IPBiz on August 23, 2009 (boomark / email).