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'''Dinesh Joseph D'Souza''' (b. 1961in [[Bombay]], [[India]]) is a [[conservative]] scholar, author, blogger and commentator. He is the former President of [[The King's College]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tkc.edu/abouttkc/president_pressrelease.html|title=Dinesh D'Souza Named President of The King's College in NYC|date=Aug. 23, 2010|accessdate=Aug. 30, 2012}}</ref>
In college, he was a prominent writer with ''The [[Dartmouth]] Review'', a conservative publication. He is a former editor of ''[[Policy Review]]'', a conservative journal. He was a fellow at the Hoover Institute at [[Stanford University]].
<blockquote>The most powerful country in the world is being governed according to the dreams of a Luo tribesman of the 1950s—a polygamist who abandoned his wives, drank himself into stupors, and bounced around on two iron legs (after his real legs had to be amputated because of a car crash caused by his drunk driving). This philandering, inebriated African socialist, who raged against the world for denying him the realization of his anti-colonial ambitions, is now setting the nation’s agenda through the reincarnation of his dreams in his son.<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Roots-Obamas-Rage-Dinesh-DSouza/dp/1596986255</ref></blockquote>
The book did not receive wide attention until it was made into a motion picture entitled, "[[2016: Obama's America]]" which was released during the 2012 Presidential campaign. The movie has become a box office success, on track to garner the second-highest box office receipts for a documentary in history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/2016-obama-america-fact-checking-conservative-author-dinesh-ouza-film-article-1.1146143|title=‘2016: Obama’s America’: Fact checking conservative author Dinesh D’Souza’s film|work=NY Daily News|date=August 28, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/nightline|title='2016': Anti-Obama Film's Giant Success|date=August 29, 2012|accessdate=August 30, 2012}}</ref>
== Criminal conviction ==In September 2014 D'Souza was convicted of making $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions and sentenced to 5 years probation.[http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/dinesh-souza-5-years-probation-campaign-donations-article-1.1949769]
== See also ==
*[[Richard Dawkins and Dinesh D'Souza]]
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