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April 13, 2021
The Social Order Education Social justice activists routinely demand that we “see race,” call out disparities and feel personal shame about them, and commit to improving outcomes for minorities. But William Treanor, dean of the Georgetown University Law Center, has sent a clear message to those who try to answer that call: verbalizing your commitment to social justice won’t protect you—and may even destroy your career—if an angry activist decides to “cancel” you. Last month, Georg...
April 6, 2021
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March 17, 2021
Georgetown Law has fired one of its white professors for admitting during what she believed to be a private Zoom call that the black students in her class perform “just plain at the bottom.” Sandra Sellers, 62, was speaking to Prof. David Batson about how “a lot of my lower ones are blacks,” referring to the students in her class with the worst academic performance. “They were a bit jumbled,” Sellers said of one of her student’s performance, who according to the Black Law Students...
March 17, 2021
Some simple, obvious facts are too politically incorrect for academics to state publicly. Georgetown University just fired law professor Sandra Sellers and forced out professor David Batson. Sellers offense? "I end up having this angst every semester that a lot of my lower ones are blacks," Sellers said in discussion with another professor at the end of a Zoom call. Batsons offense? He didnt condemn the statement, but instead sympathized with Sellers’ concerns. “What drives me crazy is… m...
March 16, 2021
Two Georgetown Law profs lost their jobs for having discussed an inconvenient truth about student performance.
March 15, 2021
A Georgetown law professor has resigned following his participation in a Zoom call with a colleague whose comments about her Black students having a lower academic performance every semester led to her being fired.
March 14, 2021
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 abou...
March 13, 2021
From the Washington Post: Second Georgetown L...
March 12, 2021
One Georgetown University law professor is no longer employed by the school, and the second has been placed on administrative leave, according to officials.