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Two professors at the Georgetown University Law Center had a racist conversation about the allegedly poor performance of “Blacks” in their class, a negotiations seminar, which was recorded and uploaded for those same students to view. In the video, recorded in February and posted to Twitter on Wednesday evening, professor Sandra Sellers complained, “I hate to say this—I end up having this angst every semester that a lot of my lower ones are Blacks. Happens almost every semester. And it�...

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, is set to join the faculty of Georgetown Law in D.C. next month. Emhoff will serve as a Distinguished Visitor from Practice and teach a two-credit course in the spring semester called “Entertainment Law Disputes.” He will also serve as a Distinguished Fellow of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Technology Law and Policy.... PRESIDENT Sep 8, 2019

“I am appalled that two members of our faculty engaged in a conversation that included reprehensible statements concerning the evaluation of Black students,” Treanor told students.  On the call, Sellers and Batson appear at first to be speaking about students’ performance in general. Many of their ideas were “jumbled,” Sellers says with apparent frustration. Then her comments turn to the performance of Black students.  “I hate to say this — I end up having this, you know, angst ...

Georgetown University Fires Law Professor After ‘Abhorrent’ Racist Comments During Zoom Video 03/11/21 AT 4:40 PM Georgetown University has fired a white law professor after a Zoom video of her making racist comments about the academic performance of Black students in her class went viral.  On Thursday, a video of professor Sandra Sellers speaking to professor David Batson in a recorded zoom call went viral on Twitter. The post has since received more than 660,000 views in 24 hours. “You...

Sandra Sellers complained that Black students consistently scored lower in her class.

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Georgetown Law School has fired a professor for noticing and commenting on the fact that Blacks make up a disproportionate number of low-performing students in her class. Another professor has been placed on administrative leave. Adjunct professor Sandra Sellers was caught on video telling adjunct prof David Batson: I hate to say this. I end up having this angst every semester that a lot of my lower ones are Blacks.

Another professor who was seen nodding in agreement during the conversation has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

  Georgetown Law School terminated an adjunct professor Thursday after a video was posted on social media showing her making disparaging comments about Black students in a recorded conversation with another professor. The professor, Sandra Sellers, is shown in the recording making negative comments about Black students’ academic performance.  The comments came at the end of a session of a class she taught jointly with the other professor and which was recorded for future viewing by stud...