Comment by jballer

This was what a few academics hypothesized and set out to prove in what is now known as the Grievance Studies Affair [1]. Not only did they get multiple hoax papers published, they got recognized for “excellent scholarship” [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grievance_studies_affair

[2] https://youtu.be/kVk9a5Jcd1k?t=3m49s