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Unseeing Racism: Naming Whiteness at the Intersections of Regimes of Data and Participation

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Pairing data-driven and participatory processes is an alluring approach for contentious urban issues. However, within these processes, the ongoing role of whiteness – an unnamed norm that privileges White people – is understudied and undertheorized. I examine how data and participation were positioned within conversations of gentrification in Lexington, KY. Beyond considering who participates, I analyse how the expectations and burdens of engagement associated with these processes were racialized. I argue that surfacing and problematizing racialized expectations of engagement disrupts how whiteness produces a strategic recognizing and disavowing – an unseeing – of racial oppression and thus diagnoses the whiteness of urban planning.

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  • Emily Barrett, 2023. "Unseeing Racism: Naming Whiteness at the Intersections of Regimes of Data and Participation," Planning Theory & Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(5), pages 679-694, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:rptpxx:v:24:y:2023:i:5:p:679-694
    DOI: 10.1080/14649357.2023.2279654
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