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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have to chime into this discussion as I am an Oberlin graduate. I lived in an apartment above Gibson's bakery. I can still smell the sweet smell of donuts. Dave Gibson was a racist. He would follow minorities around the bakery. I also thought this was not in line with the college or town's liberal leanings Afterall it was the first school to integrate. However, Oberlin is not totally the bad guy here. The dean of students went rogue and helped amp off an already super woke population. Plus, people like the head of communications helped with this. From what I hear Oberlin supported their staff but ultimately fired the dean and demoted the comms exec. The whole situation was unfortunate and could have been avoided if the school had talked to Dave Gibson decades ago about his racist actions. They could have been proactive and  threatened to pull their business  before this unfortunate situation happened. The judgement was so high because the townsfolk hate the college. [/quote]

Oberlin did not fire the Dean of Students.  Not only were her actions not disavowed by the school, she was not disciplined in any way and she left of her own accord in 2021 to become a Dean at Oglethorpe. It took me 5 seconds to find this on Google. All of the quotes from the school were about her being “beloved” and “respected.”

https://oberlinreview.org/25680/news/former-dos-meredith-raimondo-leaves-oberlin/

When she stepped down from her role as Dean, the school emphatically denied that it had anything to do with the Gibson’s case:

https://oberlinreview.org/22398/news/vice-president-and-dean-of-students-steps-down-to-return-to-faculty/

Throughout the litigation, the administration has denied wrongdoing, and President Ambar stated that the lawsuit did not contribute to Raimondo’s choice to step back. 
“I cannot say that as strongly as I want to,” President Ambar said. “This has absolutely nothing to do with Gibson’s. This really has to do with the strategic direction of the institution. … “These are tough jobs, they take a lot out of you. … When you’re in these jobs, there are always these moments where the senior staff member and the president think, ‘Have we done all the things we can do in the context of you in this role?’ That happens with every senior staff person.”[/quote]

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