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‘Plagiarised’ law essay goes viral

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By Thomas Connelly on

White student writes of the injustice she faces as a black woman.

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This photo of a law essay went viral overnight after featuring on image sharing site Imgur.

Here is the non-blurred original.

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The consensus on Imgur is that the essay has been plagiarised, but a US high school student claiming responsibility on Twitter suggests that the section was included as a dare.

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In either case, it’s a shame about the typo.

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