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Tameka Foster Fires Back on Plagiarism Rumors
Published by Dior Noir on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm.
I knew it was only a matter of time before Tameka Foster said something about the allegations that she plagiarized the blog post she wrote for The Huffington Post about being dark skinned (come on this is the woman who openly beefs with bloggers!) and of course she shot back. In another blog entry (this time on Global Grind) the former Mrs. Raymond called the rumors “ridiculous” and an “unfounded insinuation that has no basis, merit or truth.” Tameka, who maintains she never even heard of author Aisha Curry’s book “Pretty For a Black Girl” before she wrote her own piece also had this to say:
“I shared my personal story as a dark skinned woman in America, an experience that parallels millions of other Black women. Regrettably, this other author has no copyright (or patent) on the Black female experience. While I’m delighted to discover there is a new book with a similar theme available I only wish the author would have embraced our commonality as sisters in this struggle rather than opt for such a defamatory public recourse via a disreputable gossip writer. Approach is everything. Plagiarism is a serious implication that I’m extremely disheartened and insulted by. If this author can produce the same references in her book that I made to Alek Wek, poet Khalil Gibran, an experience in Brazil, disparaging public comments surrounding living as a “dark skinned” woman as well as scrutiny regarding her marriage to an R&B singer then perhaps she should seek legal counsel to handle this matter with the proper protocol.”
She makes a good point: it’s not like other African-American women haven’t shared similar sentiments about having darker skin, so maybe the similarities in Tameka’s post and Aisha Curry’s book were merely a coincidence? You would hope an author would have substantial proof of plagiarism before accusing someone of it, so I guess the proof is in the papers.
The jury’s out on this one, but if Tameka really did write that post then maybe we’ll see more substantial writing from her? At least until the next blogger pisses her off.
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I don’t think that it is fair that the author is trying to accuse her of plagarism with a topic that is so common in our community. The light skin/dark skin issue has been going on since slave days. The lighter slaves stayed in the house, while the darker ones worked out in the field. This author needs to stop trying to come at Tameka. Maybe she is trying to get her name out there and that’s why she is making the accusations….I mean Tameka IS NOT FAMOUS but i have heard of her before….what is that author’s name again???
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I feel like you got what you had coming to you.y ou took a man and trap him with not onebut 2 babays so I feel like this you got what you need they to blog bout you more than they do boo !
Tamkeka gives conflicting statements. One says she’s completely African American and the other says she’s mixed. Which is it? I don’t know. This girl can’t seem to get her story straight!!!!!!!!
“We (black women) don’t like ourselves. If I were Hispanic, Usher would have the sexiest wife alive. If I were mixed, he’d have the sexiest wife alive. “But he has a black girl, and it’s like, ‘She’s horrible and she’s ugly!’ “OK, maybe I don’t fit the cookie-cutter standard – 25 and a size two – but this is who he loves.” (Tameka Raymond says to Essence magazine in an interview)
It is a fact that many African-Americans are often mixed with an array of other ethnicities (as am I), which allows for the spectrum of our features to be as distinctive and special as we are diverse. Why is it felt that the more diluted our traditionally African features become the more aesthetically acceptable we are considered? (Tameka says in Huffington Post for article)
I’d like to share a very interesting place with you__ R i c h F l i r t s.c o m __. It brings gorgeous girls and wealthy men together. After checking it,I saw a lot of celebrities there,including many Hollywood stars. It’s a great website to date a beautiful woman or handsome guy there.
TO CURIOUS GEORGE
I dont think that those two statments are conflicting. She is a black woman but like most of us she is mixed with other things as well. EVERYBODY IS MIXED WITH SOMETHING thats why we come in all shades.
Yes, this was just a coincidence.The author has a very clear misunderstanding.But, I hope Tameka moves on with her life and let Usher live his as well.But, in our community and also how we are viewed by people outside of our race.Sometime darker skin is a excuse for people to judge you differently from a light skin person.Even though we all are still african american.For instance, I have two siblings.I am only a shade lighter than both of them.My biological mother is mixed race.(Black&White).My father is all african american.I faced a little envy from my biological father and some of his family.Also from my my biological mother. The caucasian side chose to obsess over me and thought they were gonna make me heir to whatever they call it.All b/c my skin tone is a shade lighter than my other two siblings.Thank God I was raised by my granmom and we were poor.Money is not my run.I came to the conclusion.l was just born like everybody else in the world.I am nobody’s heir.I am grown and will live my life as I see fit wherever I choose in the world and work a minimun wage job.I don’t think I am to good to work a minium wage job.Sometimes you have no idea what kind of people you could be related to that you never met.But, I have a one of a kind upbringing with morals,honesty,humbleness,integrity and I am no better than nobody else in the world.Just a human being trying to live my life.Tameka, I suggest that you love yourself for who you are.Skin tone does not break or make you.Never let anyone have power over you.You are just as good as anyone else in the world regardless of your skintone.God made everybody.Just move on with your life.
Desiree Rogers
Camden,Arkansas 71701
I am a 43 yr old dark skin sista. My daughter is light skinned. The most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my life is blacker than the color black. Tameka will you please grow up, raise your children, and work on your self-esteem. You obviously have some problems. Usher what were you thinking? I highly suggest that you fight for sole custody of your children; if not, they are going to have Tameka’s twisted mind set.