Themes and language of the Sunday speech from Duke's Priya Parkash appeared to have been plagiarized from Sarah Abushaar's 2014 commencement address at Harvard University.
in February for graduating seniors to submit applications to speak at commencement. The university’s selection committee “put an emphasis on the student perspective,” asking those wanting to deliver an address to their classmates to turn in a 250-word outline of their proposed speech. It’s unclear how much vetting went into the selection process.
Abushaar made reference to the statues on campus and Harvard’s embassies and clubs abroad, which Parkash appeared to echo in regard to what Duke has to offer. Years after Abushaar noted how Harvard had “an endowment larger than more than half the world’s countries’ GDP,” Parkash made reference to Duke’s endowment in a similar way.
Abushaar concluded the story by saying, “And suddenly, all the gates to the American Dream opened wide.” On Monday, videos started to appear on social media comparing the Harvard and Duke commencement addresses eight years apart.
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