<p>^ POTO Mom: Not according to Oberlin College’s president, Marvin Krislov. He said a student came forward and confessed: <a href=“https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/source/articles/2011/04/20/antithesis-oberlin[/url]”>https://oncampus.oberlin.edu/source/articles/2011/04/20/antithesis-oberlin</a></p>
<p>^^^ macmill: I have to totally disagree with you. I know the exact words scrawled on the side of Dascomb. My daughter saw the graffiti and told me. The words were disgusting and offensive. But that is not evidence of a systemic problem at Oberlin. Oberlin’s reputation as an extraordinarily tolerant institution cannot be besmirched by two words scrawled by a single fool on a campus of 2,800 and a community of over 8,000. </p>
<p>I also don’t appreciate your description of African Americans and LGBT people as “marginalized” by Oberlin. I don’t believe Oberlin “marginalizes” anyone. African Americans and LBGT students are not helpless, shunned victims of “hate” and “wanton abuse” as you put it, certainly not on Oberlin’s campus. At which American college do you expect to enroll that you believe you will not hear, read about, or witness a single act of ignorance like this isolated incident at Oberlin? Oberlin is probably the least likely place to experience something like this. As Professor Dave72 said it hasn’t happened but once in 38 years. </p>
<p>I don’t think you’re going to find another American college or university with a better record.</p>