Tameka Foster: Did She Plagiarize or Is She getting played

EXCERPT FROM CLUTCH ONLINE.COM ~ The controversy over whether recording artist Usher’s estranged wife Tameka Foster plagiarized when she wrote an opinion piece for the Huffington Post is symbolic of the squabbles that plague African-Americans in general.

Foster wrote a blog post called “She’s Pretty for a Dark-Skinned Girl” for Hufpo last week that garnered much attention and praise. Not only did the piece show her to be a down-to-earth and strong-minded black woman, but underscored the hurt she has felt as wife to a multi-generational superstar.

But, according to one woman, it exposed Foster to be something else: A thief.

Days after the work was posted, author Aisha Curry who wrote a book called “Pretty for a Black Girl” claimed that Foster’s piece had stolen whole passages from her work. CONTINUE READING...