Oberlin Cancels Classes After String of Bias Incidents
Oberlin College has cancelled classes for the day in the wake of “a report of a person wearing a hood and robe resembling a KKK outfit” walking around campus. But the cancellation isn’t a public-safety lockdown.
The KKK sighting, which is still under investigation, is the latest in a string of bias incidents on campus. On five separate occasions in February, graffiti bearing swastikas and racial and homophobic slurs were left at various campus locations, often defacing multicultural offices or event posters. On February 17, a student reported that he was robbed and knocked to the ground on campus by an assailant “who made a derogatory remark about his perceived ethnicity.”
In response to this string of incidents, the Oberlin administration has suspended “formal classes and all non-
The KKK sighting, which is still under investigation, is the latest in a string of bias incidents on campus. On five separate occasions in February, graffiti bearing swastikas and racial and homophobic slurs were left at various campus locations, often defacing multicultural offices or event posters. On February 17, a student reported that he was robbed and knocked to the ground on campus by an assailant “who made a derogatory remark about his perceived ethnicity.”
In response to this string of incidents, the Oberlin administration has suspended “formal classes and all non-