Talk:Shelby Steele

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[edit] Matches with Hoover bio

This article has recently been tagged as a possible copyright violation of Steele's bio at the Hoover Institution's website. Out of idle curiosity, I set out to identify all the non-trivial sentence fragments in the article which are also in the online bio. Here's what I found:

  • In the lede para of the article, the fragment
    who specializes in the study of race relations, multiculturalism, and affirmative action
    is also found in the first para of the bio.
  • In the second para of the article, the fragment
    argues that too much of what has been done since the Great Society in the name of black rights has far more to do with the moral redemption or self-satisfaction of whites than with any real improvement in the lives of blacks.
    is also found in the fourth para of the bio.
  • In the first para in the "Recognition" section, the final two sentences
    He also has written extensively for major publications including the New York Times and Wall Street Journal. He also is a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine.
    nearly duplicate the first two sentences of the fourth para of the bio
    [Steele] also has written extensively for major publications including the New York Times and [the] Wall Street Journal. He also is a contributing editor at Harper's magazine.
  • The second para under "Recognition" is identical to the fifth para of the bio, except for beginning with "He also" instead of "Steele".
  • In the third para under "Recognition", the fragment
    has written widely on race in American society and the consequences of contemporary social programs on race relations.
    is also found in the second para of the bio.
  • In the last para under "Recognition", the fragments
    In 1991, his work on the documentary Seven Days in Bensonhurst was recognized with an Emmy Award
    and
    the Writer's Guild Award for television documentary writing, and the San Francisco Film Festival Award
    are also found in the third para of the bio, as is the sentence
    In 2004, Steele was awarded the National Humanities Medal.
  • The entire first para of the "Background" section is identical to the last para of the bio.

My conclusion is that a significant fraction of this article has been taken from an earlier version of Steele's Hoover bio, probably with some minor editing. Sigh. CWC(talk) 10:03, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Non copyvio version

I'll take a stab at writing a non-infringing version at Talk:Shelby Steele/Temp. — Kaustuv Chaudhuri 16:06, 21 January 2007 (UTC)