To the Editors:
Since the revelation of unsettling Facebook posts by Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Composition Joy Karega in February, there have seemingly been two non-overlapping dialogues going...
To the Editors:
My son, College senior Minh-Jeffrey Lê, will be graduating with a degree in Economics from Oberlin College in May.
My family and I applaud and congratulate Minh-Jeffrey and all...
Jade Schiff, Assistant Professor of Politics
• April 29, 2016
I am outraged and devastated by what my colleague, Associate Professor of Africana Studies Meredith Gadsby, wrote in her April 23 letter to the Review “Black Professors Pressured into Solidarity.”...
Booker C. Peek, Emeritus Associate Professor of Africana Studies
• April 29, 2016
To the Editors:
Donald Trump once triumphantly shouted that nuclear destruction is the world’s greatest threat, not Obama’s ecological challenges. Both are right, especially if we add wars, diseases,...
Marc Blecher, Professor of Politics and East Asian Studies
• April 29, 2016
To the Editors:
Identity politics are crucial, but they are not one size that fits all. Our current crisis shows us the dangers of kneejerk identity politics.
The criticism of Assistant Professor...
Meredith M. Gadsby, Associate Professor of Africana Studies
• April 23, 2016
To the Editor:
On April 10, my colleague Marc Blecher sent an email addressed to me and carbon copied to a select group of tenured Africana-identified faculty, along with Assistant Professor of Rhetoric...
It’s human nature to believe that one’s opinions are factually correct. After all, why would you believe something that isn’t true? Unless we get into the messy philosophical debate about whether...
Editor’s Note: Professor Rosenfeld prefers using “antisemitism” instead of “anti-Semitism,” the latter of which he considers a misnomer.
To the Editors:
Twenty years ago, in March 1996,...
Booker C. Peek, Emeritus Associate Professor of Africana Studies
• April 23, 2016
To the Editor:
Oberlin College faculty members meet this Monday to address the issues of anti-Semitism, racism and bigotry on campus. At least to some extent, Professor Joy Karega’s posts on the internet...
The 2016 presidential campaign has been nothing short of absurd, and Tuesday’s New York primary marks yet another twist in the road to the nominations. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump won their respective...
Chloe Vassot, Contributing Writer
• April 23, 2016
If there is one word I have been using with growing bitterness this semester, it is “systemic” — systemic harm, systemic injustice, systemic oppression. I feel disgust almost every time I hear the...
The city of Amherst Police Department is the latest law enforcement agency to adopt a treatment-focused approach to low-level drug offences. As reported by the Oberlin News Tribune on April 8, Amherst...
