Following the results of the 2016 Presidential Election, a group of students at Cornell University held a “cry in.” That’s right, a cry in.
Students gathered to sit together under blankets to write words of consolation and “mourn” the election of President Trump. One student said, “We need to just take a break and just cry. Tomorrow we get back up and keep fighting, because people feel really, really powerless.”
Apparently, the election results shocked many students and they weren’t prepared for life under the Trump administration. Many people in the United States were shocked about big election upset. Not everyone huddled into a giant ball of on the grass with their markers and paper. The Cornell students encouraged others to join them in the spirit of inclusion, hoping that it would send a message of their resolve to fight discrimination. Well, and also to cry and color together.