American University School of International Service

Thank you.

I'm going to bring my panel now to Omi Congo, the biggest senior, professor of lecture, School of International Service, American University, author of the book, Lies About Black People, How to Combat Racists.

Joining us from D.C., also attorney, A. Scott Bolden.

Joining us from D.C. as well, Lisa Durden, social justice journalist in Newark, New Jersey.

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Well, I teach in the School of International Service at American University, and, you know, I always have to pinch myself saying that my students were probably, or might probably most of them, were probably born after 9/11.

So I have to emphasize that the 9/11 attacks were a huge shock on the American psyche.

Thanks, Greg.

It's a real blow to the idea of a single market, right?

Nicholas Misinski is a professor in the School of International Service at American University.

The power of a single market is the movement of people and goods across borders makes for a stronger economy.

And all of that slows down when you have to check for passports, these random checks and then also the lorries.

From the School of International Service at American University in Washington, this is Big World, where we talk about something in the world that truly matters.

The one thing I try to stress to my students is how much the 9-11 attacks impacted the American psyche.

Not only was 9-11 a shock, but a lot of people believed that that was only the first foray by Al-Qaeda, that there was going to be subsequent big attacks against the United States and a great amount of fear and anxiety gripped the American people.

My pleasure.

Thank you.

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