Georgetown University fires
professor for violating
a taboo on discussing
Black academic performance
Posted By: Magnante, 3/12/2021 8:21:28 AM
A conversation on the academic performance of Black law students between two faculty members teaching at Georgetown following a Zoom session was recorded and posted online without their knowledge. As a result, one of them has been fired and tearfully apologized, while the other one is “on leave until the investigation by the Office of Diversity, Equity and Affirmative Action is complete,” for failing to react in outrage over what the Dean of the law school termed “reprehensible statements concerning the evaluation of Black students.” (snip) apparently it is “reprehensible” to truthfully discuss the academic performance of Black students
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