Rights Talk
With authoritarianism, nationalism, and xenophobia on the rise, gaping global wealth disparities, and the accelerating climate emergency, human rights appear increasingly fragile. Rights Talk is devoted to engaging contemporary challenges around the world across the human rights spectrum of civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights; and solidarity rights, including to a safe and healthy environment. The podcast invites critical perspectives and questions the future of rights in the twenty-first century. __________________________________________________ Music Carefree by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3476-carefreeLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Rights Talk
E2: Literature, Race, Gender, and "A Crossroads" with CCNY Prof. Vanessa K. Valdés
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CCNY Downtown
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This episode features Dr. Vanessa K. Valdés, Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and Director of the Black Studies Program at CCNY. The conversation is centered on women writers in the Americas and the influence of African spirituality on the construction of womanhood in their works; and Diasporic Blackness, her book about Arturo Alfonso Schomberg and his efforts to collect and preserve materials pertaining black history and culture in the United States and beyond. The discussion also focuses on CCNY's Black Studies Program and the Black Lives Matter Movement.