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Podcast: Honestly with Bari Weiss
Episode: Oberlin Accused the Gibsons of Racism. Now It Owes Them $36 Million.
Description: On November 9, 2016, the day after Trump was elected president, three students from Oberlin College were caught shoplifting wine from Gibson’s Bakery, a local staple that had been around for 137 years. Allyn Gibson, who was running the register that night, and who is white, called the cops on the three students, who were black. They fled, he chased them outside of the store, a brawl ensued and the three students were arrested. The next day, students, along with Oberlin administrators, began protesting outside the bakery, accusing them of racism. There were signs, and a Stu...