Canceled for not calling her out: Second Georgetown Law professor resigns after failing to correct colleague who was fired for saying black students are plain bottom of her class in leaked Zoom call
David Batson was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into his conversation with Professor Sandra Sellers that went viral last week
On Saturday Georgetown confirmed that Batson had submitted his resignation
Sellers, 62, was fired after video showed her complaining to Batson about how black students were predominantly at the bottom of her class
Neither Batson nor Sellers appeared to realized their Zoom call was still being recorded after they dismissed students from a video lecture
Georgetown Law on Thursday fired white professor Sandra Sellers, 62, over her comments about black students
She was filmed on a Zoom call with another professor stating that in her class, a lot of my lower ones are blacks
She described her black students as just plain at the bottom
Sellers was speaking to Professor David Batson who has been placed on administrative leave pending a further investigation
Batson did not respond directly to her comments in the conversation
He was condemned for not calling her out on her statements
The video had been available for students to view on an online portal for 2 weeks