I had not seen the video, Marie. Yes, it was a bit painful to watch. The reality is that in a large law school like where I taught, where minorities are even more minority than in the population at large, the vast majority of underperforming students will be some version of "white," or at least non-Black. Georgetown is comparable to w…
I had not seen the video, Marie. Yes, it was a bit painful to watch. The reality is that in a large law school like where I taught, where minorities are even more minority than in the population at large, the vast majority of underperforming students will be some version of "white," or at least non-Black. Georgetown is comparable to where I taught. So, for her to focus on the subset of underperforming students who are Black is indeed problematic.
But is this a "firing" offense? Absent evidence of bias in grading, I think the harm caused by her firing is much greater than the good done.
Thank you for adding this nuance to the conversation.
💯 agree. Not a fireable offense in my mind without other evidence of poor behavior. Grounds for a conversation and investigation, yes! But not immediate termination
I had not seen the video, Marie. Yes, it was a bit painful to watch. The reality is that in a large law school like where I taught, where minorities are even more minority than in the population at large, the vast majority of underperforming students will be some version of "white," or at least non-Black. Georgetown is comparable to where I taught. So, for her to focus on the subset of underperforming students who are Black is indeed problematic.
But is this a "firing" offense? Absent evidence of bias in grading, I think the harm caused by her firing is much greater than the good done.
Thank you for adding this nuance to the conversation.
💯 agree. Not a fireable offense in my mind without other evidence of poor behavior. Grounds for a conversation and investigation, yes! But not immediate termination