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    Racism has no place in Columbus. We must do better

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    Joe Tien is a professor of mathematics at Ohio State University.

    “Where you from, buddy?” 

    It was a question a stranger asked with malice on Jan. 6 as I waited for the route 2 bus on North High Street near 18th Avenue.

    Ohio State University classes were cancelled due to winter storm Blair.

    The stranger, a middle-aged white man with a navy overcoat and wearing a surgical mask and backpack, stepped out of his way to pose his question. 

    his was a question that Asians and Asian Americans hear far too often. Sometimes it is asked in genuine curiosity, sometimes it is asked with an agenda.

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