The journey in the United States toward a more perfect union of multi-racial democracy is marked by a consistent pattern: painstaking work achieves significant progress, and then there is massive backlash. That backlash often has been brutal and lengthy. The abolition of slavery was followed by lynching and racial terrorism, for example. It’s a pattern that we are now living in, with the MAGA Nation backlash to the presidency of Barack Obama, increasingly diversifying American landscape, and life-changing Internet and mobile technologies. Donald Trump won in 2016 and 2024, yes, and has wrought significant damage, as has the US Supreme Court. However, if we look at the larger arc of American history, we might actually conclude that democracy is winning right now in the country. As we think about 2024 and look forward, this Institute course explores the state of American democracy, and how we have, do, and will work to overcome. Registrants will receive viewing instructions/reminders in advance of each lecture.
Speaker: Professor David Domke
Course Dates: Nov. 19, 26 and Dec. 3 at 5pm PST.
Lectures for this course will be recorded for everyone to watch on your own timing. Registrants will receive viewing instructions/reminders in advance of each lecture.