Columbia University Accuses Black Professor Of Plagiarism

Dr, Madonna Constantine was the black professor who discovered a noose outside of her door last fall. Now the professor is being accused of plagiarizing the work of colleagues and other students. Here is Dr. Constantine's response to those allegations:

Dr. Constantine, in an e-mail message to faculty and students on Wednesday, called the investigation “biased and flawed,” and said it was part of a “conspiracy and witch hunt by certain current and former members of the Teachers College community.”

“I am left to wonder whether a white faculty member would have been treated in such a publicly disrespectful and disparaging manner,” she wrote.

She added, “I believe that nothing that has happened to me this year is coincidental, particularly when I reflect upon the hate crime I experienced last semester involving a noose on my office door. As one of only two tenured black women full professors at Teachers College, it pains me to conclude that I have been specifically and systematically targeted.”

Her attorney has stated that the professor's work was plagiarized. Do you think that there is some sort of vendetta against the professor?