Oberlin Microaggressions

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This blog hopes to show that our campus is not free from marginalization. This blog is for our community to find strength and empowerment, to educate ourselves, and to let others know that none of us is alone in our struggles.


If you see or hear racist, heterosexist/homophobic, anti-Semitic, classist, ableist, sexist/cissexist speech etc., please submit it to us so that we may demonstrate that these acts are not simply isolated incidents, but rather part of structural inequalities.


Submissions are welcome. Please refer to the guidelines set on our submissions page.

Our blog is primarily for students who have been marginalized at Oberlin. We welcome submissions by queer students, students of color, students with disabilities, international students, fat students, and other marginalized students who wish to tell it like it is.


This blog hopes to show that our campus is not free from marginalization. This blog is for our community to find strength and empowerment, to educate ourselves, and to let others know that none of us is alone in our struggles.


If you see or hear racist, heterosexist/homophobic, anti-Semitic, classist, ableist, sexist/cissexist speech etc., please submit it to us so that we may demonstrate that these acts are not simply isolated incidents, but rather part of structural inequalities.


Submissions are welcome. Please refer to the guidelines set on our submissions page.

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  • “No student of color should have to walk up to their bike and see this. I came to Oberlin for an education and I am getting this. There are a group of people on campus trying to put fear in our hearts. They are failing. Little do they know, they are sparking a revolution. They were bothered by a Black presence before? Well, they must not know. The movement has just started, Oberlin. ” -Kara Mahon (Oberlin College student, class of 2015)

    “No student of color should have to walk up to their bike and see this. I came to Oberlin for an education and I am getting this. There are a group of people on campus trying to put fear in our hearts. They are failing. Little do they know, they are sparking a revolution. They were bothered by a Black presence before? Well, they must not know. The movement has just started, Oberlin. ”

    -Kara Mahon (Oberlin College student, class of 2015)

    • March 1, 2013 (12:26 am)
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    • #Oberlin College
    • #Oberlin
    • #kkk
    • #racism
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      WTF WORLD, JUST WTF!? THESE ARE YOUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS! IF YOU HIT THEM DO THEY NOT CRY? IF YOU SHOW THEM JOY DO THEY...
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      god fucking damn it ohio…. (if you do read the article, hate speech trigger warning for both african americans and...
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      I’d fight ‘em. I can’t stand people like this. It dosnt matter if they think it’s a joke or not. It’s dickish and...
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      Wow! I thought the KKK were just a joke group now. Like I thought no one took it seriously anymore but seriously?! I...
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      WOW…okay, crossing Oberlin off my potential college list ASAP.
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