“Mr. Cosby’s admitted actions are not congruent with Oberlin College’s commitment to supporting survivors of sexualized violence, as reflected in its sexual misconduct policy, and do not epitomize the high standards Oberlin considers in awarding honorary degrees,” said Oberlin College President Marvin Krislov, in a statement.
Though Cosby has not been officially charged, more than 50 women have come forward accusing the comedian of rape and sexual assault (often facilitated by Quaaludes).
In the wake of the allegations, colleges around the country have been stripping Cosby of the honorary degrees they’d given him over the years. Oberlin joins Brown University, Fordham University, Swarthmore College and others.
Ohio’s Central State University, a public HBCU in the southwestern part of the state, removed Cosby’s name from its communications building in September.
The only surprise here is that Oberlin, lately in the news for students’ objections to subpar Asian cuisine — they called it “cultural appropriation” — wasn’t faster out of the gate.
This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2015.
Cosby’s offenses were already known in 2010, but nice of them to catch on t the serial rapist. Let’s see how long it takes Oberlin to realize Bill Clinton raped Juanita Broaddrick and was a textbook sexual harassment scumbag with regards to Monica Lewinsky. Let’s see how long it takes Scene to come around on that, too. (I can already tell you Sam Allard never will.)