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WEBVTT IMTOOTEN VISITED LOYOLA UNIVERISTYIN NORTH BALTIMORE.THAT CAMPUSWIDE TEACH-IN HERETIM WAS WELL UNDERWAY EVEN AS: THE NEW PRESIDENT WAS TAKINGHIS OATH OF OFFICE.>> WE HAVE TO SCHOOL OURSELVESNOW TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS ISSUEOF RACE AND RACISM INFUSES OUREVERYDAY WORLD AND WE DON'T EVENKNOW IT'S AROUND US.TIM THIS EVENT, PLANNED JUST: WEEKS AFTER THE GENERALELECTION, IS DESIGNED TO ALLOWSTUDENTS TO SPEAK OUT AND TOSPEAK UP.>> INSTEAD OF MARCHING OUT,INSTEAD OF PROTESTING, HOW ABOUTTEACHING IN PUSHING THE FOURWALLS OF THE CLASSROOM ANDMAKING A SPACE TO TALK ABOUT ALLOF THESE ISSUES.TIM ISSUES THAT GO BEYOND: CAMPUS, INTO COMMUNITIES ANDALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO REACH OUTTO EACH OTHER TO REALLY BE OPENAND LISTENING BECAUSE I THINK ALOT OF THE DIVISION A LOT OF THEHATRED AND THE QUESTIONS COMEFROM FEATIM: SOME STUDENTS SHOWED TOGET CLASS CREDIT, OTHERS BYCHOICE, AND EVEN MORE WHO ARECURIOUS ABOUT THE CONVERSATION.>> IT'S BEEN PRETTY FRUITFUL,GETTING A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONSFROM PEOPLE AND FOR A LOT OFPEOPLE. THIS IS A HEALINGPROCESS TO SEE OTHER PEOPLE INSOLIDARITY WITH THEM.THIS PARTICULAR TEACH-IN FOCUSEDON RACE RELATIONS AND WHAT ISNOW POLITICAL HISTORY.>> WHEN WE SAY THE VOTE FORDONALD TRUMP WAS ABOUT RACISFROM MY PERSPECTIVE DOESN'T MEANTHAT EVERYBODY WHO VOTED FORDONALD TRUMP WAS A BLATANTRACIST.>> IT KIND OF SERVES AS AMICROCOSM FOR OUR BIGGER WORLDAROUND US.SO I THINK TEACH-INS LIKE THISEVEN IN SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOTPREDOMINATELY WHITE AREINSTRUMENTAL AND THEY ARE SOSIGNIFICANTIM: STUDENTS SAY FOR RIGHT NOW,AND THE DAYS AHEAD,>> WE HAVE TO MOVE ON.WE CAN'T ALWAYS LIVE IN THE PASTAND EVERYTHING.IF YOU DWELL IN THE PAST, THENYOU WORRY TO MUCH ABOUT THEPAST, THE BIGGEST THING IS THEFUTURE.TIM AT THIS HOUR, TEACH-INS

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Many universities held walkouts last fall to protest Donald Trump's election. They took a different approach Friday and held teach-ins at universities across the country to discuss the inauguration and the new Trump administration. Many universities held walk-outs last fall to protest Donald Trump's election. They took a different approach Friday and held teach-ins at universities across the country to discuss the inauguration and the new Trump administration. "We have to school ourselves now to understand how this issue of race and racism infuses our everyday world and we don't even know it's around us," radio host Mark Steiner said. The event, planned just weeks after the general election, was designed to allow students to speak out and to speak up. "Instead of marching out, instead of protesting, how about teaching in, pushing the four walls of the classroom and making a space to talk about all of these issues?" said Dr. Kay Whitehead, with Loyola University of Maryland. The issues go beyond campus, into communities and all the way to the White House. "It's important to reach out to each other; to really be open and listening because I think a lot of the division, a lot of the hatred and the questions come from fear," Loyola student Jessica Dierdorff said. Some students showed to get class credit. Others by came by choice; even more who are curious about the conversation. "It's been pretty fruitful getting a lot good questions from people, and for a lot of people this is a healing process to see other people in solidarity with them," Loyola student Erick Baker said. This particular teach-in focused on race relations and what is now political history. "When we say the vote for Donald Trump was about racism, from my perspective, doesn't mean that everybody who voted for Donald Trump was a blatant racist," Steiner said. "It kind of serves as a microcosm for our bigger world around us. So I think teach-ins like this, even in schools that are not predominately white, are instrumental and they are so significant," Loyola student Jazmyn Barrett said. One student said for now and in the days ahead, "We have to move on. We can't always live in the past and everything. If you dwell in the past then you worry too much about the past, the biggest thing is the future."