and over at georgetown university law center an institution considered a bastion of progressivism by some a professor was recently fired for her remarks made about the performance of black students. in a viral video sandra sellers was seen saying quote i hate to say this i end up having this every semester that a lot of my lower ones are blacks happens almost every semester and it's like oh come on it's a really good ones but there are also usually some that are just plain at the bottom. systemic racism education is nothing new in fact school districts have been grappling with it for decades but the issue isn't just in case it's 12 education as the recent georgetown shakeup proves black students face this advantages and discrimination in higher ed as well look up to writer republican strategist and commentator addressed these issues in a recent op ed he wrote titled georgetown law is real race problem malique joins us now. i mean thanks for having me always glad to feed you well the leak your recent op ed it's getting a lot of traction as you know cancel culture is a popular topic am

i might have you sunder i am a professor of law at georgetown university law center and my area of specialty is intellectual property not to not to get to see you back on the street you almost a personal physician thanks for coming back remind our audience here you are what you did you. remember i mean listen i'm going to sit through. remember. your good job here and how i rate you welcome to the stream introduce yourself to our global audience. i'm rachel martin and i'm a policy fellow at the center for global development which is the nonprofit nonpartisan independent think tank in washington d.c. and focus on global health policy and financing guess i would love to hear from you just 3 briefly how serious a situation are we in in terms of equitable equitable distribution of vaccine today right now a year after we've had a global pandemic might have you start about as well as being sure i mean in the united states we got great news from president biden a couple weeks ago he said everyone every adult in the u.s. would be back needed by the end of may but what's horrible and really truly unco

joining us now is rosa brooks, law professor at georgetown university law center and former washingtontangled up in blue: policing the american city." also with us, mark claxton, a director of the black law enforcement alliance. professor brooks, or officer brooks, i don't know which to use. >> you can call me rosa. >> so your husband thought you were insane, that's the word he actually used when you said as a law professor i think i'm going to join this reserve troop of the metropolitan police department. this is the big city police department of washington, d.c., not to be confused with the capitol police, this is the police force that patrols that big city. why did you decide to do it? >> you know, i think if you want to change something, you need to understand it first. we live in a culture that likes these polar oppositions. you meet people, ask them about police and they're going to tell you they're underappreciated heroes who can do no wrong or they're a bunch of brutal racist thugs and they can do no right. i thought whenever you get that kind of polar opposite, the truth is a