Oberlin College had an admirable liberal past — now it's a disgrace

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Oberlin College had an admirable liberal past — now it’s a disgrace

Oberlin College's active involvement in student protests against Gibson's Bakery has put the progressive liberal arts institution on the hook for at least $33 million in damages. | AP

By GEORGE F. WILL

Jun 23, 2019

WASHINGTON – “You Americans do not rear children, you incite them; you give them food and shelter and applause.”

— Randall Jarrell, “Pictures from an Institution”

Oberlin College has an admirable liberal past and a contemptible progressive present that will devalue its degrees far into the future. This is condign punishment for the college’s mendacity about helping to incite a mob mentality and collective bullying in response to “racist” behavior that never happened.