A Georgetown Law professor has lost her job after a recorded Zoom call captured her using a racist slur about her Black students, according to WTOP News.
Sellers, who is white, said she had “angst” every semester that “a lot of my lower ones are Blacks,” in reference to her grading.
“I hate to say this. I ended up having this, you know, angst every semester that a lot of my lower ones are Blacks. Happens almost every semester. And it’s like, ‘Oh, come on.’ You know. Get some really good ones but they’re also usually some that are just plain at the bottom. It drives me crazy,”
The conversation was recorded by a student and posted to Twitter.
Georgetown Law Dean Bill Treanor said in a statement that he was “appalled” by professor Sandra Sellers’ comments.
“I informed Professor Sellers that I was terminating her relationship with Georgetown Law effective immediately. During our conversation, she told me that she had intended to resign. As a result of my decision, Professor Sellers is no longer affiliated with Georgetown Law,” the statement read in part.
Sellers was speaking with another professor, David Batson.
“Professor Batson has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action, the results of which will inform our next steps. Until the completion of the investigation, Professor Batson will have no further involvement with the course in which the incident arose,” Treanor said.