Didn’t Earn It? Squad Member Accused Of Rampant Plagiarism!

Times are tough for Rep. Jamaal Bowman these days.

Last week, we brought you a story about how one of the most infamous members of the progressive “Squad” in Congress might be on his way out due to his gross opinions about the Israel-Gaza war:

Infamous “Squad” Leader Headed For HUGE Loss In Democrat Primary

But now, as it turns out, his comments on issues pressing the far-left might not even be his own!

Rep. Bowman, who is most well-known for pulling a fire alarm to delay a vote in Congress, has just been hit with accusations of rampant, egregious plagiarism -- specifically concerning his doctoral dissertation.

In 2019, Bowman wrote a dissertation titled Community Schools: The Perceptions and Practices that Foster Broad-Based Collaboration amongst leaders with the Community School Ecosystem.

In it, he apparently copied a passage about so-called "critical race theory" word-for-word from an author's summary of a book about the topic. Throughout his dissertation, Bowman also copied and pasted from other research documents.

The report on Rep. Blowman's plagiarism was conducted and published by Christopher F. Rufo and Luke Rosiak of The Daily Wire, who also found the dissertation to be full of logical and basic errors.

Jamaal Bowman plagiarized from a summary of "Critical Race Theory: An Introduction" in his doctoral dissertation. His 2019 paper, which is brimming with errors, complains that “Black, Latinx, and poor White children have been historically oppressed throughout American history." pic.twitter.com/SBmbT0hfTG

— Luke Rosiak (@lukerosiak) June 21, 2024

EXCLUSIVE: @LukeRosiak and I conducted an analysis of Rep. Jamaal Bowman's Ed.D. dissertation and discovered widespread errors and multiple instances of plagiarism. Bowman even copy-and-pasted a definition of critical race theory, without proper citation. https://t.co/86t85GVg8b

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) June 21, 2024

DEI must stand for "Didn't Earn It!"

Get it?!

The New York Post has more specific details on the plagiarism report:

Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) was hit with allegations of plagiarism Friday after several portions of his 2019 Ed.D dissertation were found to be nearly identical to work from other academics.

An analysis of the far-left “Squad” lawmaker’s Manhattanville College dissertation, conducted by the Daily Wire, discovered “multiple instances” of apparent plagiarism, including some passages that replicate the writings in earlier academic papers nearly word-for-word, along with a number of other obvious blunders.

In one example taken from Bowman’s 141-page dissertation – “Community Schools: The Perceptions and Practices that Foster Broad-Based Collaboration among Leaders with the Community School Ecosystem” –  the former Bronx middle school principal appears to lift University of Delaware Professor Rosalie Rolón-Dow’s summary of an introductory book on critical race theory.

“The CRT movement drew heavily on the critical legal studies movement, radical feminism, and civil rights ideas to develop a framework that squarely challenged the racialized ways in which law affects people of color (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001; Parker, 2003; Rolon-Dow, 2005),” Bowman wrote.

By comparison, Rolón-Dow’s article reads, “The movement drew heavily on the critical legal studies movement, radical feminism, and conventional civil rights ideas to develop a framework that more squarely challenged the racialized ways in which laws affect people of color (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001; Parker, 2003).”

Bowman includes Rolón-Dow in his citation but does not use quotation marks in the parts of his text that are verbatim to the academics.

In another section of his dissertation, Bowman’s limited changes to Rolón-Dow’s writing, include adding in a typo, capitalizing “Critical Race Theory” and substituting “Latino” with “Latinx” while leaving “Latina.”

Bowman: “Further, from the perspective of Puerto Rican girls in middle school, Rolon-Dow (2005) explored the intersection between race/ethnicity caring [sic] in the educational experiences of middle school Puerto Rican girls. Critical Race Theory and Latinx/Latina critical theory are used as data analysis frameworks because of their emphasis on the roles of race/ethnicity and racism in shaping the circumstances of individuals and institutions.”

Rolón-Dow: “In this article, the author explores the intersection between race/ethnicity and caring in the educational experiences of middle school Puerto Rican girls. Critical race theory and Latino/Latina critical theory are used as data analysis frameworks because of their emphasis on the roles of race/ethnicity and racism in shaping the circumstances of individuals and institutions.”

The Daily Wire discovered at least two other instances of apparent plagiarism, where Bowman again summarizes the research of others by copying their exact text rather than paraphrasing.

Fox News added:

Embattled Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., is now facing plagiarism allegations as he fights for his political life going into the New York primaries next week.

Bowman, a former educator and principal of a Bronx middle school, allegedly lifted multiple quotes from a 2019 dissertation he had written while attending Manhattanville College, according to analysis by The Daily Wire and activist Christopher Rufo.

According to the report, Bowman lifted the definition of Critical Race Theory from R. Rolon-Dow's book "Critical Race Theory: An Introduction" without attribution and substituted "Latino/Latina" with "Latinx/Latina."

Other sections of his paper were allegedly found "copying and pasting" text from writers René Antrop-González and Anthony De Jesús as well as Tenah Hunt, Kristen Slack and Lawrence Berger.

This reminds me of the time the president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, was forced to resign after it was revealed that she plagiarized during her academic years.

Why are they all like this?

Do they think they can really get away with stealing other people's work, or are they really just too brain-dead to even come up with thoughts as idiotic as "critical race theory" themselves?

Here's what people on social media are thinking:

He's a professional victim and obviously a liar.

— Bruce Ballou 🇺🇸 (@_BruceBane) June 21, 2024

He sounds perfect for a faculty position at Harvard.

— Ron Bishop (@ronhbishop) June 21, 2024

Of course he did. Fradulent disciplines beget fraudulent academics.

— 19207 (@Delta2419207) June 21, 2024

What do you expect from a man who denies rape.

— Andrés Spokoiny 🌟🌟🌟 (@Spokoiny) June 21, 2024

I, for one, am shocked that a race hustler is also a plagiarist. pic.twitter.com/z8hipJZl8Y

— Bill Flashfrybuffalo McBride (@gilescorey) June 21, 2024