Ex-professor Sellers during the Zoom call. Is this the face of a racist or of a woman who is troubled by the reality she is describing? Twitter video screen grab — cropped.
Posted on 03/12/2021 7:21:18 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A conversation on the academic performance of Black law students between two faculty members teaching at Georgetown following a Zoom session was recorded and posted online without their knowledge. As a result, one of them has been fired and tearfully apologized, while the other one is "on leave until the investigation by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action is complete" for failing to react in outrage over what the dean of the law school termed "reprehensible statements concerning the evaluation of Black students." Both professors are adjunct faculty, meaning they are professionals brought in teach students with their real world experience, and they have no tenure protections.
Here is the 43 seconds of video that engendered the indignation:
.@GeorgetownLaw negotiations Professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson being openly racist on a recorded Zoom call.
Beyond unacceptable. pic.twitter.com/q5MoWjBok8— Hassan Ahmad (@hahmad1996) March 10, 2021
The UK Daily Mail's description and transcription:
'They were a bit jumbled. It's like let me reason through that, what you just said,' Sellers said of a student's performance, who the Black Law Students Asssociation [sic] claims is the only black person in the class.
'You know what? I hate to say this, I end up having this angst every semester, that a lot of my lower ones are blacks,' the adjunct professor of mediation and negotiation continued.
'It happens almost every semester, and it's like, oh, come on. You know, we get some really good ones but there also usually some of them that are just plain at the bottom,' Sellers concludes.
Batson, also a mediation law expert, does not initially respond but simply looks down and nods in the short 43-second clip, which was allegedly leaked to social media by a student.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
To the Georgetown Law Community,
As I wrote to you last night, I am appalled that two members of our faculty engaged in a conversation that included reprehensible statements concerning the evaluation of Black students. I have further reviewed the incident and have now spoken to Professor Sellers and Professor Batson, giving each the opportunity to provide any additional context. I informed Professor Sellers that I was terminating her relationship with Georgetown Law effective immediately. During our conversation, she told me that she had intended to resign. As a result of my decision, Professor Sellers is no longer affiliated with Georgetown Law. Professor Batson has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action, the results of which will inform our next steps. Until the completion of the investigation, Professor Batson will have no further involvement with the course in which the incident arose.
We are taking significant steps to ensure that all students in this class are fairly graded without the input of Professor Sellers or Professor Batson.
This is by no means the end of our work to address the many structural issues of racism reflected in this painful incident, including explicit and implicit bias, bystander responsibility, and the need for more comprehensive anti-bias training. This is a matter of great concern to me. I will be writing to you soon with a range of actions and changes that we will implement to address these issues. I will also send information about a listening session for the Georgetown Law student community that we plan to hold tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Bill Treanor
As Paul Mirengoff noted, Dean Traynor does not say Professor Sellers is incorrect on the facts. So, apparently, it is "reprehensible" to truthfully discuss the academic performance of Black students...at least in the tone of voice the recording reveals . That is the definition of a taboo.
Try to imagine what would happen to law professors at the “Catholic” university if they expressed opposition to Roe v Wade.
Rochester NY is a good example. High school graduation rate is about 50%....and that is up from 40%. Disgusting.
I hate to tell you this, Thomas but you are 2+ decades late. People think that NOW. When reverse discrimination started and people got wise to the fact the thumb is on the scales in colleges, university and professional post-baccalaureate schools they rightly became very worried that the guy or gal cutting into them got that scalpel through PC and not through proving the ability to wield it.
I am glad I have not had to deal with that situation as I am pretty sure I would refuse service.
So what was reprehensible? The truth? And what is taboo? Any discussion of blacks that is not some form of worship?
“We are taking significant steps to ensure that all students in this class are fairly graded without the input of Professor Sellers or Professor Batson.”
Translation...all minorities will now receive the highest possible grade simply for writing their names at the top of their work.
“...the investigation by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action,”
And these people will be lawyers and judges in the years to come. Why bother with legal training at all. Just give everyone a diploma like the one the Scarecrow received.
ML/NJ
In this the decadent period of Western Civilisation, truth is held in contempt. In fact, the evil most fundamental to the decadence is contempt for truth--truth for its own sake.
Very sad. She might is one of the very few that actually cares about marginal students.
In order to get black bodies that can throw or catch a ball, UNC-CH here created NO SHOW Black Studies courses. they got caught and Nuff Said!
When the truth no longer matters our nation is not only done but pointless as is our civilization.
Truth cannot be reprehensible.
It can only be the truth.
You may not like it, but that doesn’t change it.
I train fighter pilots for the USAF and Navy.
In send thought, I’ve decided not to post.
I have several family members in public education. This is closer to the truth than you can imagine.
“In order to get black bodies that can throw or catch a ball, UNC-CH here created NO SHOW Black Studies courses. they got caught and Nuff Said!”
As I recall, the whistleblower was a white kid who enrolled in one of the no-show courses and then realized the course was even more requirement-free and content-free than he expected.
Generalizing along racial lines about the academic performance of individuals is a form of racism, and can lead to racially prejudiced low expectations for different individuals in the future. But what Georgetown really considered reprehensible was letting their semi-private conversation be captured and broadcast.
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