that a colleague and a student of Madonna Constantine's have written letters supporting her against the accusation that she is a multiple plagiarist.
(And—and this has gotten little attention—she allegedly ripped off her own students.)
Ms. Wallace noted in her letter that she is the only other black female professor with tenure at the school.
The injection of race is predictable, heartbreaking, and entirely unnecessary. Because of course, accusations of plagiarism, a crime that has nothing to do with race, don't have to be taken on faith; people can look at the evidence and decide for themselves.
I suspect that for legal reasons Columbia can't release its report on Madonna Constantine—but she could release it herself. (Don't hold your breath.)