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Race and Rights Podcast

Race and Rights Podcast

著者： Rutgers Center for Security Race and Rights (CSRR)
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The Race and Rights podcast explores the myriad issues that adversely impact the civil and human rights of America’s diverse Muslim, Arab, and South Asian communities here as well as abroad. Host Sahar Aziz (www.saharazizlaw.com) engages with academics and experts that provide critical analysis of law, policy, and politics that center the experiences of under-represented communities in the United States and the Global South.

You can learn more about the Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights (CSRR) by visiting our website at csrr.rutgers.edu and by following CSRR on Instagram @RutgersCSRR and Twitter @RUCSRR

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  • Beyond Refuge: Disability Justice, Refugee Rights, and the Search for Belonging (Episode 66)

    Beyond Refuge: Disability Justice, Refugee Rights, and the Search for Belonging (Episode 66)
    2026/09/01
    In this episode of the Race and Rights Podcast, guest host Dr. Esaa Mohammad Sabti Samarah sits down with Dr. Mustafa Rfat, a faculty member at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a scholar of forced migration and disability justice, and the Refugee Congress Delegate representing the state of Missouri, for a conversation examining the intersection of refugee rights, disability, and structural inequality. Drawing from both rigorous scholarship and lived experience as a refugee with a disability, Dr. Rfat explores how immigration systems, social policies, and institutional practices shape the lives of refugees with disabilities long before and long after resettlement.Together, they examine the historical exclusion of people with disabilities from U.S. immigration and citizenship policy, the barriers refugees encounter when navigating health care, education, employment, and naturalization, and why disability must be understood through a social rather than medical lens alone. The discussion also explores the human consequences of recent refugee and deportation policies, highlighting how inaccessible systems and language exclusion can undermine both disability rights and fundamental human rights.Throughout the conversation, Dr. Rfat reflects on his own journey from Iraq to the United States, illustrating how personal experience has informed a research agenda dedicated to advancing refugee health equity, participatory research, and disability justice. The episode challenges listeners to reconsider dominant narratives about refugees by centering resilience, dignity, and belonging while emphasizing the responsibility of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to dismantle structural barriers rather than expecting individuals to overcome them alone.This episode is essential listening for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, students, and advocates committed to refugee rights, disability justice, health equity, and human rights.Links to Published WorksRfat, M. (2026). Path to Citizenship: Addressing the Needs of Refugees with Disabilities in the Naturalization Process. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work. Rfat, M., Zeng, Y., Yang, Y., Adhikari, K., & Zhu, Y. (2023). A Scoping Review of Needs and Barriers to Achieving a Livable Life among Refugees with Disabilities: Implications for Future Research, Practice, and Policy. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work. Rfat, M., Zeng, Y., & Trani, J.-F. (2023). Exploring the Intersectionality of Disability and Refugee Statuses: Reflecting on My Refugee Journey. British Journal of Social Work. Rfat, M., Cureton, A., Mirza, M., & Trani, J.-F. (2025). The Devastating Effect of Abrupt U.S. Refugee Policy Shifts. The Lancet. Rfat, M., Engelman, A., & Seaborn, S. (2026). US Forced Deportation, Language Exclusion, and Disability Justice. The Lancet. Rfat, M., Yang, Y., & Cohen, F. (2025). Benefits and Challenges of Using Participatory Research Among Refugees With Disabilities: A Scoping Review. Health Education & Behavior. #RefugeeRights #DisabilityJustice #HealthEquity #ForcedMigration #HumanRights #SocialWork #RefugeeHealth #Accessibility #MigrationJustice Support the showSupport the Center for Security, Race and Rights by following us and making a donation:Donate: https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/csrr-support/20046.html Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbUfYcWGZapBNYvCObiCpp3qtxgH_jFy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rucsrr Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Threads: https://threads.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/rucsrr Follow us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/rucsrr
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  • Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse (Episode 65)

    Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine Israel Discourse (Episode 65)
    2026/08/18

    This episode examines the weaponization of antisemitism accusations within Israel-Palestine discourse and its counterproductive impact on combating genuine antisemitism. The discussion centers on a groundbreaking report titled 'Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse,' which reveals how accusations of antisemitism have escalated particularly amid recent calls for ceasefire and human rights advocacy in Gaza. The conversation explores the complex political dynamics where legitimate criticism of Israeli policies becomes conflated with antisemitism, creating a chilling effect on free speech and academic discourse. This weaponization not only silences important human rights advocacy but paradoxically undermines authentic efforts to address antisemitism by diluting its meaning and creating confusion about what constitutes genuine anti-Jewish prejudice versus legitimate political criticism.

    The panel brings together three distinguished experts whose combined scholarship provides comprehensive insight into this contentious intersection of politics, religion, and human rights advocacy. They each contribute specialized knowledge that illuminates how the misapplication of antisemitism perpetuates Islamophobic stereotypes and infringes upon the free speech rights of Muslims and Arabs. This demonstrates how these cross-national dynamics create a destructive cycle where efforts to protect one marginalized community inadvertently harm another, while simultaneously weakening protections for both groups. The panelists' expertise reveals the urgent need for more nuanced approaches to political discourse about the War in Gaza that can distinguish between legitimate criticism of state policies and genuine prejudice. This might offer pathways toward more effective advocacy that will combat both antisemitism and Islamophobia without sacrificing either community's safety or rights.

    Biography

    Mitchell Plitnick is the president of ReThinking Foreign Policy, a nonprofit organization focused on U.S. policy in the Middle East and North Africa. He is co-author, with Professor Sahar Aziz, of the CSRR report “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse” (2023). Previously, he served as Vice President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace and as Director of the U.S. Office of B’Tselem, the Israeli human rights organization.

    Jonathan Matz is a board member of Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), one of the largest Jewish-led organizations in the United States opposing Israeli occupation and advocating for Palestinian rights. He has been active in coalitions linking opposition to antisemitism and Islamophobia, and participated in the launch panel for the CSRR report “Presumptively Antisemitic” in December 2023.

    Recommended Readings

    Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse, Rutgers Center for Security, Race and Rights (2023)

    The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes Religious Freedom, University of California Press (2022)

    Rethinking Foreign Policy: US Policy and the Palestine-Israel Conflict, ReThinking Foreign Policy (2023)

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  • Systemic Racism in U.S. Law with Anthony Farley and Benjamin Davis (Episode 64)

    Systemic Racism in U.S. Law with Anthony Farley and Benjamin Davis (Episode 64)
    2026/08/05
    The intersection of domestic civil rights struggles and international human rights law represents a critical frontier in the fight against systemic racism and state-sanctioned violence. The UN Human Rights Council's historic George Floyd resolution marked a watershed moment, demonstrating how international legal mechanisms can be mobilized to address persistent patterns of racial oppression within the United States. This development reflects broader questions about the relationship between legal systems and liberation, particularly when examining how the rule of law itself may function as a mechanism for perpetuating racial hierarchies rather than dismantling them. Critical race theorists have long argued that legal structures, rather than providing pathways to freedom, may actually constitute sophisticated forms of control that maintain white supremacist power relations through seemingly neutral juridical processes.Join host Professor Sahar Aziz for a powerful dual presentation featuring Professor Benjamin Davis, who examines the international legal implications of the UN Human Rights Council's response to systemic racism in America, and Professor Anthony Farley from Albany Law School, whose groundbreaking work in Critical Race Theory explores how the very foundations of law and property rights emerge from and perpetuate anti-Black violence. Professor Davis analyzes how international human rights mechanisms are finally turning their scrutiny toward American racial injustice, while Professor Farley presents his provocative thesis that legal liberation itself may be an impossibility within current juridical structures. Together, these distinguished scholars challenge listeners to confront uncomfortable truths about whether reform within existing legal frameworks can ever achieve genuine racial justice, or whether more fundamental transformations of law and society are necessary.#Racism #CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #CivilRightsBiographyAnthony Paul Farley is the James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Albany Law School, where he specializes in constitutional law, criminal procedure, and legal theory. He is a member of the American Law Institute and has served on the Board of Governors of the Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) and the Executive Committee of the Minorities Section of the Association of American Law Schools. Prior to joining Albany Law School, Professor Farley was a tenured faculty member at Boston College Law School for 16 years. Before entering academia, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and practiced law as a Corporate/Securities Associate with Shearman and Sterling in New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia.Benjamin G. Davis is Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Toledo College of Law, where he taught public international law, contracts, and alternative dispute resolution. He holds degrees from Harvard College, Harvard Law School, and Harvard Business School. Before entering academia, Professor Davis served as American Legal Counsel at the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris, where he supervised over 1,000 international arbitration and mediation cases. He led the successful effort in the American Society of International Law to pass its Centennial Resolution on Laws of War and Detainee Treatment, only the eighth resolution in that organization’s history. He has written and spoken extensively on accountability for torture, military commissions, and international human rights law.Recommended ReadingsThe Black Body as Fetish Object, Oregon Law Review (1997)Perfecting Slavery, Loyola University Chicago Law Journal (2004)The Colorline as Capitalist Accumulation, Buffalo Law Review (2008)Support the showSupport the Center for Security, Race and Rights by following us and making a donation:Donate: https://give.rutgersfoundation.org/csrr-support/20046.html Subscribe to our Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEbUfYcWGZapBNYvCObiCpp3qtxgH_jFy Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rucsrr Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Threads: https://threads.com/rutgerscsrr Follow us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/rucsrr Follow us on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/rucsrr
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