Backlash and BackTalkers with Ernest Quarles, Esq.

Backlash and BackTalkers
Instructor: Ernest Quarles, Esq.
October 20 - December 1 (6 Sessions - Skips Thanksgiving Week)
Tuesdays, 7:00PM - 9:00PM ET
Virtual va Zoom

Brought to you by Odyssey  

Course Description: This course will explore the American story through the writings of women thinkers on the topics of race, justice, and human progress. By examining the evolution of feminist thought from the pioneers of the late nineteenth century to the present, students will better understand why the promise of a multiracial democracy remains unfulfilled, including the strategies and mechanisms that have been used to resist movements for equality and how they have evolved over time. Thought leaders like Kimberle Williams Crenshaw will guide our efforts to more accurately frame American history, showing us in the process that while the government can try to ban words and manipulate history, there will always be backtalkers who will defend and memorialize the truth.

In a national moment where the goal is to erase and silence truth, our course journey will enable us to explore and embrace the multi-racial core of our American identity and potentially take us to places where many have been reluctant to tread. The story of America has always been one of glaring contradictions; of soaring ambitions towards freedom, equality, and justice for all held back and down at every turn by bitter, often brutal forces of division. Forces that perpetually pit us against one another along lines of gender, race, religion, and class. In this course our collective aim will be to further expose and examine the divisive forces behind these historic contradictions and the harms they engender in a safe space that inspires and encourages us to write the next chapter of American history from a place of community, solidarity, and grace.

__________________________________________________________________________________________________

Johns Hopkins Tuition Remission Policies 

Tuition benefits are available to University faculty, staff, and retirees only. Employees of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, or the Applied Physics Laboratory should contact your institution’s Human Resources office for information about tuition remission and eligibility:

• Johns Hopkins Hospitals and Medical Institutions: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/human-resources/benefits/tuition-assistance

• Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory: https://www.jhuapl.edu/careers/professional-development

Select the correct ticket pricing during registration. If we cannot confirm your university eligibility, you will be requested to pay the full registration price for each course. Complete eligibility details can be found here.

Withdrawals & Refunds:

If a course is canceled or closed, the registrant is notified immediately, and a full refund is processed automatically unless another course is requested. Registrants who wish to withdraw from an active course must complete the online Odyssey Refund Request Form. Attach any documentation to support your request (e.g., medical documentation, family crisis documentation, etc.).

• 100% refund: Prior to the start of the course and after the first class.

• No refunds: After the first week of each course unless in exceptional cases.

For single-session courses:
100% refundable within two (2) business days of the event.

Please note, refunds apply only to the tuition portion of an Odyssey participant’s charges and are not applicable to any fees or gifts made to the Johns Hopkins Alumni Association. Registrants will be notified by email if a refund is approved within five (5) business days.