What Georgetown Law did to professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson was horrid. This happened less than 1 year ago and it falls into the same category, speaking honestly about real issues.
One (Sellers, IIRC) spoke about her concern that her black students tended to score low in her courses. The other listened. The conversation lasted …
What Georgetown Law did to professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson was horrid. This happened less than 1 year ago and it falls into the same category, speaking honestly about real issues.
One (Sellers, IIRC) spoke about her concern that her black students tended to score low in her courses. The other listened. The conversation lasted under a minute. Both profs were sent packing (one fired, the other technically resigned, but it was clearly forced).
These were concerned professors. They were discussing a perceived and possibly real problem. Something genuinely worthy of a legit investigation.
But we can't have that sort of honest investigation. Not at Georgetown Law. Because if they found the problems considered by Batson and Sellers, they'd be forced to admit they did not have equality of result. Rather than risking getting a result which might be problematic, they effectively fired two qualified professors.
For everyone's sake, it would have been better to figure out if the issue had merit. If it had merit, finding the underpinnings of it so it could be addressed.
Georgetown Law got rid of honest and well-intended professors. It was a cover up.
So it should not come as any surprise we see another recurrence of this at Georgetown Law. Far better to silence specific voices than to actually risk learning something.
What Georgetown Law did to professors Sandra Sellers and David Batson was horrid. This happened less than 1 year ago and it falls into the same category, speaking honestly about real issues.
One (Sellers, IIRC) spoke about her concern that her black students tended to score low in her courses. The other listened. The conversation lasted under a minute. Both profs were sent packing (one fired, the other technically resigned, but it was clearly forced).
These were concerned professors. They were discussing a perceived and possibly real problem. Something genuinely worthy of a legit investigation.
But we can't have that sort of honest investigation. Not at Georgetown Law. Because if they found the problems considered by Batson and Sellers, they'd be forced to admit they did not have equality of result. Rather than risking getting a result which might be problematic, they effectively fired two qualified professors.
For everyone's sake, it would have been better to figure out if the issue had merit. If it had merit, finding the underpinnings of it so it could be addressed.
Georgetown Law got rid of honest and well-intended professors. It was a cover up.
So it should not come as any surprise we see another recurrence of this at Georgetown Law. Far better to silence specific voices than to actually risk learning something.