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25. It is sad that this even reached the level it did

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 06:58 PM

Jun 2019

The students who instigated this whole thing were in the wrong, the protests were incredibly misguided and the college was really stupid to cease business with the bakery. I think OC stopping business with the bakery for several months was probably what cost them the judgement.

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Ohio bakery awarded $11 million in libel lawsuit against Oberlin College over alleged racial profili [View all] Eugene Jun 2019 OP

11 million reasons Jake Stern Jun 2019 #1

Do you have personal knowledge - or are you jumping in without knowing all the facts? Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #2

The three students that were arrested plead guilty. MichMan Jun 2019 #3

And no blacks who are innocent Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #14

Called the police predominantly on people of color? Jake Stern Jun 2019 #24

My point was merely that arrest and guilty plea Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #30

A quote from one of the students melm00se Jun 2019 #4

As I said, my knowledge is personal - Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #15

Were you a member of the jury ? MichMan Jun 2019 #31

As I said I have personal knowledge Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #32

If you think they're seeing a penny of that 11 million Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #7

They won't get a quarter of it Jake Stern Jun 2019 #12

Either that or folks are forgetting what life was like when they were in college... Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #16

They are very fortunate that they didn't have felony convictions exboyfil Jun 2019 #18

I also know damn well if some white kids did this, Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #19

"Let's make an example out of those black kids vibe"? Jake Stern Jun 2019 #23

I hope you get through this okay. OneBro Jun 2019 #29

People don't usually "fling around charges of racism" StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #10

In this instance they did fling it around Jake Stern Jun 2019 #11

An earlier (two years ago) thread regarding the incident. Dr. Strange Jun 2019 #5

Meredith Raimondo needs to join Melissa Click at Gonzaga exboyfil Jun 2019 #6

Why Was Oberlin RobinA Jun 2019 #8

Apparently the college even demanded that they be notified of shoplifters instead of the police. Quackers Jun 2019 #9

That's a problem a lot of colleges have - Ms. Toad Jun 2019 #13

According to the complaint, a Facebook post by an Oberlin academic department stated, "Gibson's has Celerity Jun 2019 #17

Wow... Blue_Tires Jun 2019 #20

They weren't held liable for the students' actions. I think they were held liable for the acts of StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #21

It seems to say that it was a FB post by an official department of Oberlin Celerity Jun 2019 #22

It is sad that this even reached the level it did ripcord Jun 2019 #25

How did this get ramped up to $11 million? shanen Jun 2019 #26

They left the store with two bottles of wine exboyfil Jun 2019 #27

The exact breakdown was... Dr. Strange Jun 2019 #28