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’s like, oh, come on. It’s some really good ones, but there are also usually some that are just plain at the bottom. It drives me crazy.” Professor David Batson, who co-taught the class, appeared to nod.
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“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 every semester that a lot of my lower ones are Blacks. Happens almost every semester,” Sellers says.
“Mmm hmm,” Batson says and nods.