Unwrapping America in 2024 with Ernest Quarles, Esq.

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Lifelong Learning LogoCourse Title: Unwrapping America in 2024

Instructor:  Ernest Quarles, Esq. 

Brought to you by Odyssey   

October 28, 2024 - December 02, 2024 (6 Sessions)  

Monday,  6:00PM ET - 7:30PM ET  

Virtual via Zoom 

 

 

 

Course Description: This course is designed to ask and answer questions that many in this country are grappling with daily regarding the current nature of our democracy. 

Some of the themes we will examine are:

  • Historical context for today’s backlash to racial justice initiatives and whether it matters it matters.

  • What is the “war on woke” about?

  • How might colorblind liberalism have laid the groundwork for the current de-emphasis of race and racism in American life.

  • Is there a connection between racial equity, voter suppression, LGBTQ+ rights and liberties, and women’s reproductive freedom?

  • 360 degrees of Book Bans- What are some afraid of?

  • The Thomas Court:  Robes Without Hoods or Supreme Indifference to Our Constitutional Blueprint

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ABOUT Ernest J. Quarles
JHU Faculty Member | African American Policy Forum Board Member

Ernest J. Quarles is an attorney, intersectional critical race researcher, and historian who teaches at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. His courses focus on deficits in America’s storytelling, erased and marginalized histories, and U.S. racial history. Within those spaces, his methodology embraces intersectional frames and other critical lenses and, in so doing, enables truly transformational learning. Quarles began his study of race matters under the late Hon. Leon A. Higginbotham while studying at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is also a graduate of Brown University. 

He currently sits on the board of The African American Policy Forum and works on several initiatives which impact and support the development of truth narratives to counteract mainstream narratives about race and social justice.  This unique space has enabled him to provide students with a more holistic view of the world that is rooted in empathy and a view of research that informs social activism as a moral imperative. 

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 Event Date
Starts:
Monday, October 28, 2024
6:00pm EDT

Ends:
Monday, December 2, 2024
7:30pm EDT

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