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[quote=Anonymous]I think the bigger problem might be that it's in Ohio and Ohio has changed a lot over the years.  With the increasing divide between blue and red states, Ohio is going more towards MAGA-land.  Attending a small outpost of wokeness in the middle of enemy territory isn't appealing.  We're not in the 1960s anymore.

One of my family members teaches English to immigrant children near the "pet-eating" town in southern Ohio.  He is legitimately distressed about how local people speak about his pupils and their families.  100 years ago, our immigrant families were the ones people didn't want around and jeered at.  So we know America can and should do better.

My brother-in-law (a PoC) worked in Ohio for over a decade and got a chance for a corporate relocation and now won't move back.  He got tired of the casual racism among other issues.

The most overtly anti-black coworker I've had, has family origins on a farm near Oberlin and his relatives are townies.

I think Ohio is fine for white suburbanites.  I think parts of Cleveland and Columbus would be comfortable.  But I would really think twice before moving there.[/quote]

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