Georgetown Professor Fired for Comments About Black Students

[@ewalker1057]

The Delany Sisters spoke on their experience in college in the early 1900's with a similar professor. They would receive failing grades. A white student noticed it and suggested that they switch names on their assignments. The white student had the Delany sister's paper. It received an A. The Delany sister handed in the white student's paper but, with her name on it. It received a failing grade.

[@jeromecroix]

Good share

[@autumnuniverse1940]

Thanks for sharing Very interesting

[@Cuishi10]

Terrible.

[@zainss9626]

One of my friends got really irregular grades from one teacher. One time, she got a B/ low A ( I can't remember) with a bunch of suggestions, so for the next essay she submitted the exact same one with the improvements. She got a C. Some teachers can't or won't do their job.

[@MrTwenty20video]

It's just what they do. It's built into the system.

[@johare94]

She doesn't look like she "hates to say this" .

[@rhon7344]

Sure doesn’t

[@devinspencer1678]

Definitely looks like she couldn't wait to say it.

[@jasonarthurs3885]

If you watch her body language @ 1:15 - 1:25, she is wheeling her chair closer to her monitor, similar to when one leans into a listener's ear when divulging a naughty secret. Maybe this 'educator' should make effort to educate these individuals; not like it's her job or anything.

[@PP-py]

She looks like she votes trump

[@Codekidable]

because she probably doesn't, but rather wants people to not be mad at her for saying it :|

[@viola7052]

She said there are “some really good ones” and “some at the bottom”, isn’t that true for every race of students, she sounds very biased

[@vincenttheo8841]

Not sure about this part. "Some" can be 2, or 20. Of course, there're "good" and "bad" students across all races and ethnicities. The question is the proportion.

[@zarasamuels9377]

Exactly my thoughts

[@aurora9252]

Alot of people are also misconstruing what she said arguing that she said most of her black students are failing when in reality she said alot of her failing students are black. She does have implicit bias and the true proportion will tell if in fact she's being malicious. Plus there's also the possibility of her being a harsher and bias grader towards blacks. We simply don't know the truth to make a sound conclusion.

[@LMLification]

Yep, after working with all sorts of students from various backgrounds, I have indeed had my fair share of "at the bottom" students from different races. However, I was respectful enough to not generalize the races.

[@LMLification]

@@vincenttheo8841 Yeah, "some" is vague and does not tell us much, but I am sure if it were along the lines of 10 or more, she would have probably said "many," "numerous" or something more extreme. That law school is extremely selective and one of the best ones in the country, so I am sure her class sizes are small and that she likely does not have that many black students compared to other races based on the demographic breakdown of the school.

[@stevel240l7]

When you begin a statement with “I hate to say this, but....”, you probably shouldn’t say it.

[@danlmarlow5446]

Absolutely!

[@mastersonogashira1796]

But its a private call

[@emmavrijburg6676]

Not per se

[@anushkasinha6984]

@@mastersonogashira1796 That justifies saying such racist things about your students?

[@mastersonogashira1796]

@@anushkasinha6984 I don’t think we have the right to judge how people are in private, no matter the action.

[@John-oc1sr]

“It happens every Semester” so she hasn’t done anything to improve or help her ‘black students’ education ever since she started teaching.

[@John-oc1sr]

Why is she a professor?

[@PP-py]

She must be a very bad teacher

[@LMLification]

Exactly. She was there for about 20 years too. If she tried to help all students to the best of her ability and within campus resources, then she is probably better off just leaving academia. There are always going to be segments of a class who are performing worse than others, even in an all-white class. She should just enter the corporate world if she hates teaching.

[@kickassv8]

It's not her job. She is there to teach. The students need to take more responsibility for themselves. They are adults.

[@jame5game5]

If the students can't help themselves her efforts will be in vain

[@randallfenn9308]

Apparently you don’t need to be smart to be a professor.

[@gallowsgradient]

I left academia for a few reasons-- a significant one was that probably a third of my colleagues were ivory tower bullies.

[@user-du4gw]

Lack of social responsibility

[@Trackrace29582]

@@gallowsgradient Can you expand on that? My fiancée left for similar reasons.

[@007more7]

Or a student

[@janedough7501]

Der! Those Universities are "institutions " for a reason🤣

[@c1h2r3i4s56987]

"Some really goods ones but some are plain at the bottom" Sounds like black people are just the same as other people Some are at the top some are at the bottom, soooo wtf lady

[@jj1106]

EXACTLY!!!

[@blahblahblah3722]

What? Of course not! How dare you insinuate that white people aren't as bright as advertised 🙄 women like her make my skin crawl

[@joshuahjfarquharm.3269]

Lets make it easy. If your a poc you get bumped up ONE FULL letter grade. I bet she'd hate to have the playing field leveled like that!

[@jame5game5]

It's not a public speech where you prepare every word smfh

[@jame5game5]

@Gusto Mundo She has a point and coherent enough for not a speech smh. Clearly she ain't talking to the public

[@benjamindover5676]

If it had been in the context of "we are doing something wrong and need to do better" But no, she was bringing this up so she could call black students stupid.

[@mydietisfruitsnuttandseed9817]

Where did you get that from? I didn't see anything except an observation. What I did see is that the university fired her in a CYA moment and didn't promise to do anything to help those students. I think they should have focused on that instead.

[@JD-jz5rr]

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

[@kuruptzZz]

@@mydietisfruitsnuttandseed9817 This "observation" comes from ignorance and bigotry - seeing your students in terms of their race. Maybe just maybe the disparity could be due to deeper issues than race? Like some students having to juggle other obligations, or having an environment at home that makes it difficult to study, or not having proper guidance...if you are truly concerned about your students, you would try to understand and help them, not throw up your hands and judge them like some clueless karen

[@mydietisfruitsnuttandseed9817]

@@kuruptzZz IMO, there are just too many assumptions being made in the way people are judging her: assuming that she thinks black students perform poorly entirely because they're black, assuming that she doesn't realize that there are or could be systemic reasons for why students underperform, assuming that she grades black students differently, assuming that she wants black students to continue to perform poorly. I see absolutely no evidence in those clips to support any of these assumptions. She saw that black students underperform, that is what she stated, and that is why she got fired. As far as I know, there's no evidence to support any assumptions that she's racist. Certainly if there is, it's not in those video clips.

[@ElleLillian]

@@mydietisfruitsnuttandseed9817 disgusting. She’s supposed to be a teacher to ALL students, not just white ones. Her “comments” were revoltingly ignorant and racist.

[@Milacai81]

I’m so glad stories like these are coming to light. It’s not just hard to get in to Ivy League schools, they make it hard to survive. We all leave with scars

[@normahughes7235]

Medical school as well.

[@Joe-xo4yg]

@@normahughes7235 Hang in there, you’ll make a difference! 🌻🖖🏾

[@cloud0927]

Wealth proportional magnitude and cultural acceptance is why these ivy league schools feel discomforting for many who come there. I wanted to enlist for Harvard, had the GPA standards they wanted, SAT score (1580) and my academic record was almost near perfect. However, what slipped me from reality was the cost of going to that school. Yes scholarships are given, and there are many programs to give financial benefits to students who need to, but the sum in total would've costed me over $100,000. To put it more clear as possible, not everyone is going to be selected a scholarship that gives out $100,000 or so. It's luck of the draw, and the work you put in that they deem qualitative. But that wasn't my only issue. My other issue was traveling from a whole new state (about 560miles away) and paying to live there and a little more extra because I'm not a resident of Massachusetts. So the charges increase, or rather occur more gradually. It's definitely an issue in itself, but I also felt that I wouldn't fit in with other students who go there. Because elite schools are notorious for their wealth classes. Instead, I have found a more suitable college I can enjoy for a while. One that costed me only $1,000 because of scholarships and other programs funded by the state government. Also, remember guys, elite schools are very selective with who they choose. If you don't get accepted into one of them you wanted, it's most likely because they didn't find your character interesting enough to be well suited for the school. I've been rejected from Stanford 😥

[@dhara548]

Actually for admission its easier to get into ivy league schools if u are a first generation poc as opposed to a white male. It looks better for them.

[@cloud0927]

@@dhara548 Yea, I was elusive including that part, I know that they want diversity brought into their school. People are attracted to a high diverse profile, rather than having a few ethnicity participants.

[@aaroncampos4654]

Here comes Tucker Carlson to defend her honor, its coming watch lol

[@nflballer7249]

facts

[@Tellmewhynow]

nothing racist. she is just saying the facts.

[@kimichibimpap2375]

You can count on it

[@marckye1]

@@Tellmewhynow No, she's just being racist! White students would be at the bottom too and it doesn't seem to bother her at all.

[@Codekidable]

@@Tellmewhynow it's the fact that the "angst" she feels is centered around african american students underperforming, rather than just saying "hey, there are students underperforming. How can we get all underperforming students more engaged?". The fact that it's singled out to be african americans students underperforming that gives her angst, and the fact that she's speaking about it like it's inevitable, THAT'S the racist part. Pretty blatant. It's the difference between saying "There are people who can't afford or won't pay for car loans of these prices" and "african americans aren't going to pay that much for a car loan". One statement addresses a problem/reality of the situation as a whole, the other statement singles out a subset of people by race and creates a mentality based around a negative stereotype. Pretty blatant. So yeah, it's kinda extremely racist.

[@MelissasWellness]

I had a professor who admitted to having a low perception of me just because I switched into his course late. He told me his class was difficult, and that it's best if I switched out. I stayed, despite being the only person of color in his course. The Prof even gave me zero on assignments that were given out days before my schedule was fixed. Still, I worked my butt off and ended up getting the highest grade in his course.

[@ximenarojas5955]

It's wonderful how you crossed all the barriers. More power to you.

[@imogenbegns]

Proud of you.

[@King-is3td]

Proud of you We thrive no matter what they do

[@Meeounn]

You go girl!

[@ts4686]

The best revenge is success! You're a powerhouse!

[@averyvillegas8659]

Like she might think she’s stating facts but as a professor instead of saying I dread my failing students every semester how about she asks herself “why?” Like Why are they not passing? What can I do as their educator to help them pass and get them the education they might need help with? Stop dreading the problem and be the solution. 🙄

[@terynb4407]

Oh yeah my psych professors was like if someone is failing my class then im failing them because there is a clear issue here

[@hakunamatata1352]

There could be a real issue with black students? I mean, if the school system is rigged in a way that blacks are consistently only given access to inferior schooling during childhood??? Why is this surprising that they might be less ready for higher education?

[@terynb4407]

@@hakunamatata1352 if they felt that way they would have to take a intro class. According to their act or sat scores but this is law school so at this point they should have a handle unless professors haven't been helping them as they should or at least actually care. At this point I think its a matter of addressing her teaching style

[@vincenttheo8841]

@@terynb4407 The reality is that even in professional schools, you do see a systemically differentiated grade distribution. Your comment about addressing her teaching style doesn't answer the question of why others succeeded in the class. Also, it is a known fact that universities nowadays - undergraduate and graduate programs alike - discriminate against Asians in the admission process to maintain an ideal "diversity" ethnic ratio.

[@terynb4407]

@@vincenttheo8841 it is if she see a trend like she needs to ask herself what she could do better to make sure her black students aren't falling behind if she actually care. 😂 and lol they do that with just about every minority

[@gabbym333]

Sadly, a lot of teachers talk disparagingly about lower level students when they think no students are around. I'm a second year teacher, and some coworkers have said some pretty disrespectful bs about students. I think the worst time was when a couple of teachers made fun of one student with autism, who is a selective mute. It's really messed up. The fact that she also brought race into this makes it even worse.

[@ravenoinsdottir7052]

Thanks for eventually getting back to the topic of the racism, because granted, there is a LOT of disparaging thought processes about the disabled community in all of its forms, this topic is about RACISM, and it's NOT to be compared to a disability. 🙏🏽

[@F0jizzle]

When teachers focus on the negatives of their students and make fun of them, instead trying to be a positive influence and build them up. They shouldn't be teachers at all.

[@Nova_1945]

Those teachers are truly uneducated low intelligent pigs

[@slapadabass13]

Did you report them? If not you’re part of the problem like the police officers that keep quiet

[@cathydiane2558]

I wonder if she ever stopped to actually verify her “observation” of black students and see if their average grade really was any different than non-black students. She’d probably be surprised to see it’s a lot of confirmation bias.

[@raerohan4241]

It's also possible that she subconsciously grades black students lower than white. There have been quite a few studies in both US and UK that have demonstrated that the work of black students suddenly gets better scores when the grader doesn't have any identifying info about them (i.e. only a serial number is used to tell apart the tests) versus when there is some identifying factor - even a name

[@apollomars1678]

@@raerohan4241 these tests are old and international. even a migrant as a teacher expected mistakes from migrant kids and thereby look more into these works, creating a stricter judgement. even teachers, who knew about this phanomen and tried to judgefairly with this effect in mind failed to grade equal in studies. it is not racism, its stereotypical thinking and tricks on our own mind, because the controll of performing is longer than our average concentration time, so we have weak mind times and trick ourself in these moments. the sad truth is a defacto difference of performances by race in the USA, because the society in the USA remains to be racistic. Or at least these black students would claim, that their own background was deformed by racism, thereby even the black students themself will support the claim of the Prof. at any moment of their semester, that their performances are hindered by the constant racism of the society on their shoulders over their whole livetimes. i wonder if anyone realice, that racistic social structures exist for centuries in every country of this world for the specific reason, that it is a strong, tight and complex system of millions of individuals of all parts of this system and stigmatized to be problematical to discuss in public for the same time, thereby never truly desolved, if this is possible. non-related to this case or to US-society.

[@anthonyzullo]

It seems she already has a disposition on them having bad grades before the semesters even start. So she's starting the semester off with a negative bias for the black students so of course as a human, she's gonna find her own patterns to support her own narratives and im assuming has misgrader a lot of their papers. I dated 2 teachers 1 high school seniors and one a professor at a uni im an alum to. She said she had to take specific training courses to get rid of her natural bias and replace it with a professional one to do her job correctly because she noticed she was having bias doing grades for certain students. She noticed she was giving more praise to her good students and leaving her bad ones behind. So she changed. Humans don't tend to pick up on their own innate BS when decision making. So she is probably grading papers incorrectly and that's why the students do poorly. Which is probably judging by her age, a bias she most certainly already had before going into this profession in the first place.

[@oOo-dj7pt]

The look on that guy's face, like he just smelled something horrible.

[@ShaunDreclin]

I just hope he doesn't get in trouble for "agreeing" with her.

[@Cindy99765]

@@ShaunDreclin Well he did agree with her apparently and was placed on administrative leave as mentioned in the video.

[@rainbowllama5570]

@@Cindy99765 well it just looked like he just said yeah because he didn't wanted to start a argument or was just disturbed by it... its like someone telling you something awkward and your just like yeah..

[@davidchapman7350]

@@ShayMarie.00 Could've told her to stop talking about that and instead focus on whatever reason they were on a video call for. Him just nodding and agreeing wasn't helping the situation, but enabling her. Wonder who recorded that video call though, was it him?

[@oOo-dj7pt]

@@davidchapman7350 Think about why you ever saw this private chat in the first place. He clearly recorded her and then circulated this video among colleagues so that they could see she was racist and see what her students were dealing with.

[@danrion8839]

"I hate to say this" but it's good that she is Fired.

[@kingjim713]

@eastern worshipper nope! For having an attitude reminiscent of your own. Most people, businesses and schools try to avoid morons like this at all cost.

[@zacharyg2555]

@eastern worshipper a pattern of what? She said some are at the bottom...meaning some are not. You think a professor at one institute in 1 field can verify your racism? Wake up and realize that is not statistics. Those are called anecdotes. And poorly judged ones at that

[@jilljanson6875]

@eastern worshipper You, stop chewing your tobacco.

[@incogn3gr0]

Does it give you angst?

[@huginnmuninn7221]

@@zacharyg2555 Do you know what "pattern" means ?

[@o.g.9717]

Someone who's supposed to be an educator lacking education 🙄 not surprising 🥴

[@jame5game5]

Not at all

[@huginnmuninn7221]

Can you substantiate your comment ? "lacking education" On what ? About what subject ?

[@chromberries7329]

@@huginnmuninn7221 on human decency, how to actually be an educator, etc.

[@155chipmunkz]

I was discriminated against for being autistic by my college teachers.

[@Michelle-he1hg]

Bet she was expecting the dude to have similar sentiments. I don't think he was agreeing with her but this is a perfect example of if you stay silent you are complicit.

[@LMLification]

Yeah, I was observing his facial expressions and wondering if her was going to chime in with a statement to at least "tone her down." This video is a snippet of a longer conversation that they had about the students they had, and it would be great to see more of what they had to say.

[@vanellesmith4598]

And this comment should have like a zillion likes....❤

[@Jason-uq2hw]

Well maybe, unlike you, some people want to take time to process things and understand the truth before jumping to conclusions.

[@jstone247]

Maybe if she didn't call the student "blacks" and "they" and actually gave the underperforming students support, the results may be different. She appears to be irritated at having to teach African-American students.

[@jj1106]

@JV Harbin According to her, and she is clearly biased, so what’s your point?

[@jame5game5]

@@jj1106 Those students probably don't learn in the first place, can't blame her, she said some blacks score high as well, so not biased

[@jj1106]

@@jame5game5 The fact that she’s pointing out race as a factor at all, speaks to her bias. She thinks her black students are innately less intelligent than her other students based on some black students performing at the bottom, even though she’s had black students perform at the top. Undoubtedly, she’s had white students perform at the bottom as well, given the fact that whites make up the majority of the student body and blacks make up only 7%, that’s less than any other ethnicity at Georgetown. It would be highly improbable for her to have more black students than white students in the bottom at any given time, yet she’s not making that assumption about white students. This is because she only sees race as a factor for her non-white students, in particular her black students, which is a clear racial bias. Furthermore, stating “those students probably don’t learn in the first place”, speaks to your racial bias, so I’m afraid you’ve given yourself away. You’re either profoundly ignorant, or you knowingly came to the comments to uphold institutional/structural racism, so bye!

[@mickeyrosa7226]

"Blacks", that right there shows a disdain for us on so many levels. I can't..................with these people. And she felt so comfortable without knowing she was recorded, so imagine what many of them are saying when we're not around.

[@kcampbelll]

@Samil Peralta black people...

[@betterwithwinebetterwithwi2359]

@@kcampbelll That's right the S at the end shows such (disdain) it has never sat right with me

[@orangesunflowers7922]

@@kcampbelll EXACTLY. Add that people to it so that they're less inclined to dehumanize and it actually registers in their minds about how they're talking about and treating another PERSON

[@jame5game5]

Whites, hispanics, africans, asians, isn't racist.

[@kcampbelll]

@@jame5game5 yes it is. white ppl would use the term blacks to intentionally dehumanize us and distance themselves from us as ppl. No one outside the white community uses the term "whites", so I'm guessing you are white yourself. but reducing people solely based on their skin tone or origin seems more racist sounding to me.

[@DG-mk2nr]

When do y’all think Tucker gon bring her on his show?😂

[@amirtz3342]

Next week

[@danlmarlow5446]

For sure next week and he will be hollering cancel culture. I guarantee it.

[@EM-ue4nm]

He will defend her. 😂

[@jame5game5]

Tucker will be right on this one though

[@AmetafJohora]

@Tanner you literally writing the script for tucker

[@nmonye01]

A teacher who cant teach blames their students 100% of the time.

[@useyournoodle100]

As a teacher myself I have to agree with this statement. I had a former colleague who would berate the whole class for getting low marks on his Biology tests. He was a poor communicator and did not present the material in an approachable or interesting manner. He also only taught to the quicker students and would leave the students who needed more time to process in the dust. His classes would start out with 30 students and end with less than 10 by the end of the year. He was quite proud of this record. It was really hard to watch. Luckily he retired. I now teach those Biology classes.

[@lottoo5693]

If she can't teach why aren't all her students perform bad?

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

@@useyournoodle100 I’m one of the quicker students and I don’t need to be taught. In fact if you try to teach me it slows me down. Maybe because I’m autistic and my brain shuts down in the presence of human beings.

[@jazie1120]

All of her students are failing?

[@ohmissyme9582]

Its law school. Not everyone is going to do well. Everyone doesnt get a participation sticker. If you're unprepared you're unprepared.

[@justinenicole3926]

As a professor, I'll say this from an educator's viewpoint. If you going into evry semester with "angst" anticipating that certain students are gonna do poorly and preemptively bemoaning their "low" performance then you have implicit biases that prevent you from properly instructing/guiding or grading those students. So I'm even more so offended as a college professor. We can't do that.

[@ducdeblangis3006]

If you are afraid of giving each student the grade it deserves, that means you are either a demagogue or a coward. This story of bias has just been devised so as to get better grades for student unable to get them by work and intelligence.

[@suezsiren117]

If you only bemoan giving students of a certain race bad grades, then you are a racist professor.

[@exsappermadman25055]

Yeap, she looks and sounds like a well adjusted human being....

[@phajduk86]

Maybe because she is... And wants to figure out why she is failing as a teacher in certain demographic groups?

[@007more7]

Maybe she just had enuff

[@JD-jz5rr]

I think in the future that the government will create babies ( of highest IQ people ) in artificial wombs . So when a doctor is needed , then the government will take the sperm and egg of the smartest man and woman , then create a baby with it , then raise it to become a doctor . Regular people will not be allowed to have kids

[@savannahm5529]

You all sound no so smart yourselves. 😒🙄😑

[@PP-py]

A trumpy being

[@Neverforgethaiti]

She does not deserve to be a professor with such a mentality and such a personality !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@emmavrijburg6676]

What "'mentality" what did she do wrong here

[@moffiiemoccha]

@@emmavrijburg6676 she said "you get some really good ones" but she's singling out her black students that are doing bad instead of considering that none of them should be judged academically with their race as a comparison to good students? Aren't some of her good students black?

[@robertcarson3116]

@@moffiiemoccha I assume, then, that you would hate affirmative action, a program that judges Asians differently from Blacks simply owing to race.

[@themfingmfer]

@@robertcarson3116 That’s not how affirmative action works at all. 😂

[@robertcarson3116]

@@themfingmfer Really. Race-based affirmative action, by its actual practice at Harvard, for example, benefits Black students and effectively disadvantages Asian students. Were you not aware of this? Please tell me how affirmative action works then.

[@mrraisbeck]

' I hate to say this ' oh you will honey

[@Neverforgethaiti]

This woman does not deserve to be a professor with such a mentality and such a personality !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@dreamafain8410]

im pretty sure she was stating the facts about tbe grades of HER STUDENTS IN HER CLASS...

[@kastronin_4435]

@@dreamafain8410 Yes,but the way she says it literally says it all

[@kastronin_4435]

@Orange 😂😂😂 you can hear it in her voice

[@demoth]

The face she makes just make the whole remarks even crazier.

[@sachindhamdhere5942]

If you think certain students are underperforming......you should pay more attention to them.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

Overperforming students should not be babied. In fact it probably reduces their performance to baby them.

[@W3r3gam3r]

You're a teacher. Teach them. If you see some struggling, find out why. Don't throw them to the side as hopeless cases. Help them.

[@sottovoce4626]

It's Georgetown Law School, not remedial English at a junior college lol

[@stevengu1253]

Sorry but that is a misconception. Professors don't really teach. Some are professors because of the research they do and the papers they write.

[@kezziekz]

No. It's up to us to pull the load, too. That's why some excel more than others because we don't expect the teachers to do everything for us. It's like being taught to ride a bike. You get told to pedal left and right but it's up to us to figure out how to go fast. You expect someone to hold the bike behind you forever.

[@ohmissyme9582]

Its law school. Youre expected to reach certain standards.

[@Neverforgethaiti]

Plot twist : This woman does not care about some of her students !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@bryanalexander7571]

Welp, somebody let the Conservatives know that they can come in now and complain about "cancel culture" or whatever.

[@bryanalexander7571]

@John Connor Well, they won't call it that but yeah.

[@morrisv4719]

This make me think about my English professor in college. I would do my best and try hard and she will always failed me. I would ask her to help me and I would listen to her. She even told me to do something and it was incorrect that she reported me. I was shocked because she told me to do it. I’m glad ppl in college are being bold enough to out human beings like them.

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

I got purged from the class roster by a professor for being absent too many times even though the third time I was absent was because she had offered to take me to the disability office. I highly doubt she purged every student who is late or absent three or four times. I’m white and she was ethnically Korean but this rule could be used to purge black students if she only selectively applies it.

[@brandontrammel4581]

As a black man who didn't have money but my parents fought and struggled to get me in the best schools in my state. They don't understand it's not always about test. It's not that they're not smart there's lots of other factors. Trust me have gone to schools that were 90% white my whole life and were the best decision for my education and learning to understand everybody and have empathy for people. Trust me it's not that they're dumber it's they have again so much going on. Trying to fit in, even with scholarships money problems. We need to all have more love and caring for everyone

[@19Youngblood19]

Trust me... He's not Black, but let's pretend he is... That "white school education" failed him dearly as evident in how terrible his grammar is... Should've gone to an HBCU, you would've gotten a better education and self-awareness... Trying to fit in, 😂

[@megamagamanga5968]

Please, if you hate to say something, it is best not to say it. Nothing good ever comes after that.

[@daniellediaz7546]

When someone uses the word "blacks" to describe Black,African Americans ect, I already get the vibe they are bringing and I'm not here for it.

[@daniellediaz7546]

@eastern worshipper I was born here. Nice try.

[@daniellediaz7546]

@eastern worshipper my parents came here over 60 years ago and are also US citizens. Sorry you find white rice too spicy and are trying to take it out on other people. Also don't forget to brush that one last tooth you probably have. Wouldn't want to ruin the mood for your sister/wife.

[@daniellediaz7546]

@eastern worshipper I really do feel sorry for you.

[@daniellediaz7546]

@eastern worshipper you've been reported.

[@sengchenteh]

If what she said is true, she's just expressing her experience. I don'T feel she's trying to degrade anybody.

[@yoongs3878]

This is why in India you CAN'T see the names of the students on the papers, they have randomised roll numbers and the person who taught the class isn't the one grading, it's someone else in the same department with no connection with students and there is a grading scale. A subject matter expert. What I hated about my American university is that if the professor's had beef with us they would take it out on the answer sheet. Like what is this primary school? We need privacy!

[@celesefernal2490]

It doesn’t sound like she was failing the students because they were black, it sounded like she’s seeing a pattern that black students fail.

[@captainuseless1071]

Perfect example of complaining instead of being the solution.

[@Neverforgethaiti]

When you begin a sentence with “I hate to say this, but....”, there's a very good chance that you probably shouldn’t say it !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@LMLification]

Exactly. She more or less threw herself into the fire with proceeding, esp since she was in a Zoom meeting where students could perhaps still see and hear her.

[@yassinahmed4288]

I wonder how many students in other universities suffer the same issue.. it's painful !!!😶

[@huginnmuninn7221]

Suffer from what ? Having affirmative action students taking their seats ?

[@ffqa.]

It’s not the fault of the students, it’s the fault of the system in which they live in.

[@GothEvilButterfly91]

Her calling black people "blacks" says it all. This is not the Jim Crow era any more.

[@shahriarchowdhury7871]

being a professor may prove you are a good academic but not necessarily a good person

[@Patricia-sv8zb]

So she isn’t negative about the other ethnicities who struggle? And isn’t it her job to bring EVERYONE up to speed!

[@huginnmuninn7221]

Nope her job is to provide knowledge it's not her job to bridge the IQ gap. (which is impossible to do btw)

[@Coananlover]

Girl... youre the one teaching em, lmfao. Their performance is a reflection of your own.

[@mahi93162]

There was literally no need to bring up their race, and I can’t believe she called them “blacks”

[@smith2354]

It's usually a telltale sign (a "dogwhistle" if you may) when they call them by "blacks"

[@qxezwcs]

Is “black” a race?

[@apara2005]

@Belle x Blondie wrong! African Americans!!!! There's no such thing as "black" people. We are all shades of brown.

[@cosmickeyboard9811]

@@apara2005 Just black American will do, people don't call white people European American

[@tiamystic]

@@cosmickeyboard9811 ikr

[@Armyblink4life554]

Her saying “Blacks” told me all I needed to know

[@ValensBellator]

How can someone be smart enough to be a professor at Georgetown and still not see that this was a really bad idea?

[@otiscalhoun4344]

Maybe she’s just not a good teacher 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@jazie1120]

Lol what about other students who perform well?

[@maskon1724]

Isn’t she the one giving the grades and “teaching”? Soooooo maybe this is on her and not black society.

[@mahi93162]

plus I don’t understand how she’s connecting their race with their grades, like that’s not how it works. Every race has good and bad students

[@LMLification]

@Orange I get what you are saying, but she still singled out the demographic. It is just how she said it, and who knows if she had one of her black students actually watching and listening to her say this. She definitely did not ensure privacy in that Zoom meeting because it got posted to the course website.

[@XKS99]

@@LMLification in other words your fee fees were hurt.

[@LMLification]

@XKS99 No, so in other words, she was to stupid to avoid discussing her students online. Good bye.

[@XKS99]

@@LMLification Just one more thing, are you then ok with her making these comments in private conversation? Or even just thinking them?

[@NovikNikolovic]

The right be like: "iT'S jUsT lIBeRal cANcEl CUltUre"

[@DG-mk2nr]

Lmao truuuu

[@NovikNikolovic]

@Belle x Blondie to be fair, SOMETIMES cancel culture goes too far. But here it's warranted.

[@NovikNikolovic]

@Belle x Blondie i say it as a PoC, I'd rather not cancel people by the way they were in the past. All that matters is if they haven't changed from then or owned up to it.

[@mana2464]

"OmG fIRSt Dr. SeUSs ThEn Mr. PoTAtO heaD ThEn NeaNDErtHalS noW pRofeSsOrs?!"

[@mickeyrosa7226]

@Orange The adults are talking, be quiet little boy!

[@Destinysproblemchild]

"I hate to say this" Yeah, because you know it's wrong to say it.

[@mscardioqueen]

She has an implicit racial bias! You are a professor. You are there to teach. Teach them what you need them to know instead of looking down on them. If they are not doing well, it's a reflection on the teacher.

[@MexiMelt1988]

YOURE FIRED GRAMS

[@jeanetejostcollet3111]

This is not a teacher! This one a a poor lower spirit person. Her job is support, guide, teach, improve all students. If a student is not doing well is her duty to find ways to help , find better resources. It is disappointing see such a neglect !

[@xmlthegreat]

Yeah there's no guarantee that she was grading them fairly... I had an experience where a male teacher would give female students better marks, and talk more freely to them, than us male students. It was creepy and very much clear that he had some kind of thing going on.

[@simplyvalour486]

I had a male teacher who was a pervert+racist and he would always grade me lowly, but when I switched to another school I got marks near 100.

[@soniaf7794]

@ Akshay Anand Now you have to come here and talk trashy about female students. Maybe you were in love with your male professor and felt jealous of your female classmates. Everything is possible.

[@stevengu1253]

@@simplyvalour486 And to avoid all of that BS, I went with a major where they can't grade me through a biased lens: mathematics. Either the logic is correct and the proof works or it doesn't. There is no in-between. All answers are accepted as long as they follow the correct mathematical principles and the right logic.

[@simplyvalour486]

@@stevengu1253 That seems smart, though I'm not as passionate about mathematics as I am topics such as history and english.

[@tanweiming77]

She have a point though, She's frustrated, and disappointed. School should provide counselling for teachers.

[@Moyopheus]

Context is required here.

[@Spike-ck5tj]

It seems it is the Professor herself who still has a lot to learn.

[@elenacosta1040]

I wish I had more context of what she was saying. What does she mean by “lower” students? “At the bottom” of what? These details are important.

[@mickeyrosa7226]

Trust me you can figure this out. These are dogwhistle or code words with some racists.

[@cielonehellofaservicedog4648]

she means grade wise.

[@iron_recluse]

Same here - this video is just begging to cause a commotion about race. We have no context in what she’s truly speaking about because of how this was edited.

[@yenahbrown4675]

@@iron_recluse I think the context are clear. There was no point of saying that black students tend to be in the bottom. She could of kept that to herself because that can affect them.

[@oOo-dj7pt]

I dont know who needs to hear this but you guys are all doing your best and I'm proud of all your efforts no matter where they land, keep trying, keep learning, carry on. Dont worry about people who cant stop complaining those people have been blabbering since the dawn of time. Let's keep uniting on these issues so young people dont keep growing up in the dark.

[@QuidVitaeSectaborIter42]

Being secretly recorded on a video call is definitely abhorrent.

[@kencur9690]

I am wondering how that happened actually...

[@lucienjeanbaptiste2474]

I remember back in HS and College in the 80's teachers and professors alike would talk openly with each other and criticize the students without a care in the world! Nothing has changed, the only difference now; is that we have new tech and it has become very easy to report this and bring it to light for the entire world to see!

[@daveclark8337]

As an NBA coach, I have this angst every season because a lot of my lower players are Whites. Happens almost every season and it's like "Oh come on" you know? You get Some really good ones there, but also usually some that are just plain on the bottom. It drives me crazy.

[@ohmissyme9582]

It expected for every NBA player to come in with a high level of skill. The same goes for law school. You have to meet certain standards.

[@Neverforgethaiti]

Maybe I missed something but I was not aware that one's skin color has something to do with their level of intelligence !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@mahi93162]

exactly it doesn’t, but so many people are dumb and think it does

[@nuclearcatbaby1131]

It’s correlated with other traits that evolved in hot climates. That’s all. Race mixing would destroy this correlation.

[@mrpeanutbutter6094]

I feel bad for the other professor, he’s was put in a awkward position that he didn’t want to comment on that topic. I noticed how he was very quite thru out the voice call.

[@valentinarichard1602]

I don't feel sorry for him because if he didn't agree with her he should have said something. The only way to make this foolishness stop is to call it out.

[@smpolit]

@@valentinarichard1602 I agree. Not saying the guy necessarily deserved to be fired, but people have to speak up and not just awkwardly nod and smile.

[@DefectoPerfect0]

Hi Mr. Peanutbutter! Didn't think you'll still be interested in politics after you resigned as mayor.

[@mrpeanutbutter6094]

@@DefectoPerfect0 I’m still mayor in people hearts

[@wiebegraham]

"I noticed how he was very quite throw out the voice call." How many errors can you find in this sentence?

[@jimkon5767]

At least she didn't lie ....

[@guilloubremond8522]

Now you are fired you really hate to say that...

[@audigutierrez6946]

And you know what, I hate to say this but I'm not surprised

[@cool57543]

It's very interesting that people believe her statement without any facts or statistics to back it up.

[@janncorpuz9370]

Wow.. isn't it her job to help these kids? Just wow!!! And like saying it's their fault because they are African American?

[@dasherlittle5821]

I hate to say this, u are fired

[@nehahuda9779]

Look at the arrogance

[@bcole8521]

I would really like to hear the entire conversation

[@wilberthruiz3622]

Not socked ... A lot of white “professors in higher education “ feel that way about minorities hate to say it

[@huginnmuninn7221]

She doesn't "feel" anything she's literally just stating facts.

[@terryallen9546]

Low performing students, eh? Sounds like a low performing Prof.

[@danniton9831]

@ Probably her excuse of having superiority complex.

[@gatoniebla4900]

This is so embarrassing.

[@Mathin3D]

It was an adjunct professor. Had it been a tenured one, there would have been no firing and the story would have been repressed. Fools!

[@ydn289]

There will always be different kind of students everywhere, regardless of race.

[@balkanfilms6740]

What part of her conversion was ‘rascist’

[@suezsiren117]

She felt bad that black students tend to get worse scores than white students. Feeling bad about racial discrepancies is racist.

[@aprillaughs]

Shouldn't she do more to help these students?

[@huginnmuninn7221]

Do what ? How do you increase someone's IQ ?

[@annainspain5176]

Her body language and tone, plus "it drives me crazy" tells me that she doesn't really want those students in her class. If the black students are "always at the bottom" sounds like her teaching skills aren't color blind.

[@Jason-uq2hw]

but you're not supposed to be colorblind, haven't you heard? You're clearly not woke.

[@wellsgrant12]

Life advice, don't ever trust someone who uses black as a noun.

[@mickeyrosa7226]

Thank you because it's actually an adjective.

[@ruffian2952]

What about its use as a verb?

[@mickeyrosa7226]

@@ruffian2952 A verb is an action word and it wasn't used in that way. The word black is a descriptive one as an adjective.

[@Joe-xo4yg]

Aah, a couple of racists huddled together. Whaassuup? 🤨✊🏾

[@wellsgrant12]

@@Joe-xo4yg What?

[@humdee648]

Might there be something wrong with her "teaching" if it's a recurring trend to have so many students fail??... Self Actualisation is so difficult to attain...

[@applenoo1015]

She said there are very good students in her class including some black students. However, black students are disproportionally failing her class than other students. I don't see how her teaching method is flawed if there are students passing her class.

[@humdee648]

@@applenoo1015 So a good teacher can knowingly address the problem and basically do the bare minimum -or absolutely nothing- about it, that "the black students" remain failing in her class? But they're 'good kids'? Her teaching method will of course and should be examined! She's the TEACHER! What's her Syllabus? Did she ever reach out to the Students or their Guardians? Did she ever, during those times when a 'good student' of hers was falling through the system, reach out to another colleague for advice? ... No she did nothing, but make it a race issue and commentary. Would you place a family member or child in her class???

[@applenoo1015]

@@humdee648 Are you seriously everything on the teacher? Could it be the students themselves or a combination of the two? The students don't work hard despite her attempting to help them. This is not racism. She was simply stating a objective fact. However, the reason is inconclusive.

[@humdee648]

@@applenoo1015 we can go on and on about our different viewpoints, and quite frankly I appreciate your insights. Let's just agree to disagree? ... I don't think it's all on the teacher also, but just stating that she could've handled the situation better. At the end of the day, I'm on the outside and the what ifs never get anywhere! Cheers.

[@tylerhackner9731]

With that personality, how can she be a prof?

[@revterrell]

So you know her personality from a clip? Lol

[@pHixiq]

@@revterrell it’s not hard to tell someone’s personality from a clip tf ? 😂

[@revterrell]

@@pHixiq alright what’s her personality?

[@Neverforgethaiti]

I believe that she does not deserve to be a professor !!!! 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[@OKingSizeTv]

Well, she can now work at PraguerU

[@gf5914]

So Georgetown is one of the most difficult private universities to get into, but somehow black students “are at the bottom.” Could it be they sensed her prejudices? I wonder what it was like attempting to participate in her class while observing her negative attitude towards them. Interesting social experiment. Glad she’s canceled herself.

[@emmavrijburg6676]

Guys guys, this is a short fragment. We cant tell the context of this dialogue. based on this, i think this is just a very poor choice of words about a very sensitive topic in very diffiicult times but there is no context here she only said "the majority of students in the bottom is black and that she worries about it every semester"a

[@emmavrijburg6676]

@Belle x Blondie couldnt it be that the school was racially biased and she was noticing it and sharing concerns? Again, no contexr at all. There is no way of telling if shes racially biased or not

[@cowboykelly6590]

RRRIIGHT... she was having A BAD DAY!! SHE'S RACIST!!

[@kencur9690]

Shh. Logic is not welcome here Emma.

[@porkchawpshandappleshash789]

Her hatred spews out of her snout.

[@CallmeA_B]

He should be just as ashamed as her for not putting her in her place.

[@anthia1156]

This made my stomach roll from disgust. And I am white. Instead of recognising that non-white freshmen/women are more likely to enter college from underprivileged and underfunded high schools and they need a bit of boost of help at the beginning, she trashes them with this contempt because what, they tire her? And they call themselves educators. 😡

[@juliavera77]

Just want to take the time to thank you nowthisnews for always being inclusive to the deaf and hard of hearing community with your subtitles/closed captions 😇🙏❤

[@dvdv8197]

"I hate to say this, but..." = "I love saying this, but I have to pretend I don't." 🤷

[@huginnmuninn7221]

Why would she have to ? Is there some things you're not allowed to say ?

[@marblegarden8456]

I’m a pretty liberal person in most respects, and I honestly don’t see why she was fired?

[@jame5game5]

@*6th* Temporary Account People bday Asians, Hispanics, what's your point.

[@jame5game5]

@*6th* Temporary Account *People say

[@jame5game5]

@*6th* Temporary Account Agreed

[@malindarayallen]

No one has ever "hated to say this" enough not to say it anyway.

[@MichaelArchangel-cg9kd]

What if she was telling the truth ?

[@LeratoM98]

But what she's saying could apply to someone of every race. There's black, white, Asian, etc who are low performing. Why make it about race?

[@plzleavemealone9660]

@@LeratoM98 Blacks are a minority in the USA. So if a lot of students that have low grades are black, it's an issue.

[@ericahughes978]

Good now let’s talk about nursing school we got plenty of Karen’s in there too 👀