Posted on 05/10/2022 3:19:20 PM PDT by dynachrome
Jumi Bello’s essay about why she had plagiarized parts of her debut novel, which had been scheduled to come out later this year, was taken down Monday after the online piece was discovered to also contain plagiarism.
The online magazine Literary Hub had published the essay, titled “I Plagiarized Parts of My Debut Novel. Here’s Why,” on Monday morning. Hours later, editors decided to pull the piece after several social media users pointed out similarities between Bello’s writing and other materials, top editor Jonny Diamond told the AP.
According to Diamond, the plagiarized sections lifted from sources detailing the history of plagiarism.
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I’m stealing that. Very good. A+….
Yep. What Boy Clinton did for BJs, Biden is doing for plagiarism.
I plagiarized my apology for plagiarizing my book from a book about plagiarism.
Going back to her Roots? Alex Haley would be proud of her.
If they want to hire me, I can help her publisher re-write all the plagiarized sections without asking for credit.
So would Rigoberta Menchu.
Plagiarism be just a long list of lies perpetrated by The Man to keep the sista down...
I wouldn’t want or ask for credit. A check will do. Hopefully that wouldn’t be plagiarized.
Pretty good, but you stole it from me!🤣
Why am I not surprised. Too many of our youth have no moral compass. This is a result of outcome based education.
I knew it was going to be a “woman of color.” What I am surprised though, is that she was actually held responsible.
She can always be a senator from Delaware.
People who are not smart enough to read or write for themselves, steal from people who are!
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