Every once in a while, my mind replays the moment back in Russia when I got an F on the physics exam and the professor said, “What are you doing here? Go back to your village.” He said it because I am Asian, and he made assumptions based on my appearance. I don’t blame him; the system and collapsing country had likely caused him to say this. When I arrived in the United States, I did not see much racism because the country had made tremendous efforts to combat racism and xenophobia. Now, I can see that there is still a lot of work to be done in this direction, so let’s keep pushing forward and not let the progress made be reversed.