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Oberlin Remains Obstinate After Being Fined $33 Million For Supporting Racism Charge Against Bakery

Ashe Schow

On Thursday, Oberlin College was hit with $33 million in punitive damages thanks to Ohio jurors, who agreed the school participated in and encouraged protests defaming a local bakery as racist.

Ohio law capped the punitive damages at $22 million — twice what the jurors charged Oberlin in compensatory damages a week earlier.

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