<p>This episode features CCNY&apos;s Dr. Lesley Lokko, Dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. The themes include: the relevance of architecture to human rights; race and architecture as a field of study and practice; inequality in South Africa; and the Rhodes Must Fall and Black Lives Matter Movements.  </p>

E5: Genocide, Race, and "Holding Feet to the Fire" with CCNY Prof. Eric Weitz

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/