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The Jason Arday scandal is a stunning indictment of the entire academic establishment. Here is a man who became a professor at Cambridge University, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, on the basis of the thinnest of academic records. He plagiarized his most substantial academic writings, and burnished his résumé with the most outlandish tall tales this side of Walter Mitty, and was rewarded handsomely for his efforts, all because he told leftists what they wanted to hear.
Cambridge officials and others either found his tales of overcoming racism, death threats, autism, illiteracy, cancer, tumors, a fractured leg and much more so mesmerizing that they swallowed his lies uncritically, or they were so afraid of racism that they let this poseur present himself as genuine, fearing charges of “racism” more than they feared the consequences of praising the emperor’s new clothes.
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Edmund Carey says
I presume no Cambridge official has attempted to defend the institution for its rather egregious error in this case? Laying low, are they?
John Hardin says
My take on the matter:
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gravenimage says
After Lying Black Plagiarist Prof Resigns, Leftist Academics Say It Was All Because of — Yeah
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So–opposing plagerism is–somehow–“racist”?
OLD GUY says
Many colleges and Universities have been bought by Saudi Arabia and Qatar petro-dollars. Leading to the spread of islamic propaganda to our youth. Big mistake allowing foreign money buying its way into our education system along with allowing the abuse of student visas.
somehistory says
“The former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has been found dead.
Jason Arday was found “unresponsive” at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon, emergency services said.
Metropolitan Police officers were called by the London Ambulance Service. A 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene and his next of kin have been informed, the force said.
Arday resigned as a Cambridge professor of sociology of education last week after allegations of plagiarism and questions about some of his achievements. He had denied the claims.
In a statement, the Met Police said: “At this time his death is being treated as unexpected, but is not believed to be suspicious.””
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/general/ex-cambridge-professor-at-centre-of-plagiarism-row-found-dead/ar-AA2a8ENO?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a7f957772d4494eb87eb5dbea9fa5c2&ei=6