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To: JohnHuang2

“Roots” was not merely a work of fiction, it was mostly plagiarism...and from a white dude, no less!

6 posted on 02/07/2013 1:27:19 AM PST by stormhill

To: stormhill

Plagiarism (viz., Haley, MLK, Biden, JFK, ... ) once was taken quite seriously - today, not so much.

8 posted on 02/07/2013 1:56:56 AM PST by jamaksin

To: stormhill

“Roots” was not merely a work of fiction, it was mostly plagiarism...and from a white dude, no less!

IIRC, the original story was about the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis.

27 posted on 02/07/2013 9:50:47 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (What difference does it make (if they eat cake)?)

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