One Incident of Hate Speech at Oberlin [Thread Retitled by Moderator]

<p>Wow, I just return home from a business trip and discover all hell is breaking loose in CC. </p>

<p>macmill, I think you should consider the advice given by Kei-o-lei, Monydad, SDonCC and others. You are overreacting. As someone has already posted, there isn’t a college or university IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY that is a perfect utopia. But if one were to rank the thousands of colleges and universities from the most accepting and tolerant to the least, Oberlin would be in the top two in the entire country. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t one genuine a##rabbit among 2,800 students running around. To make a leap from one incident of offensive graffiti to Oberlin having a serious problem with racists and homophobes, when you don’t even know who did it, is truly remarkable, and not in a good way.</p>

<p>My Obie student IS in one of the offended groups, and I have no concerns about this incident. I know the students are going to handle it, and the administration will support them fully.</p>

<p>Late note: Looks like a student has taken responsibility for the graffitti.</p>