“White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo has been cleared of plagiarism charges under a university policy that allows professors to “reuse” other people’s work.
The University of Washington professor did not plagiarize, according to the school.
Rather, the “White Fragility” author’s copying of large passages from other academics represented a “reuse of a moderate amount of language to describe a commonly-used methodology, previous research, or background information,” according to the school’s “research misconduct policy.”
The Guardian received a copy of the dismissal document from Beacon Press, the publisher of “White Fragility.”