{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fat-the-forefront-with-drdeb.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fat-the-forefront-FBUiGsbl","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Racialization: A Web without A Spider?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/5d641be4-e968-40c9-9ccf-f9b523e997c8/458e5fc6-f3c7-484d-8c8c-4716a0b19974/web-wo-spider.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/a4fbf4a6-52cc-4f09-9a2e-cf8e2eca1669\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Racialization: A Web without A Spider?\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"On this episode of ‘At the Forefront’ we explore and debate the notion that racialization is a web without a spider, namely a system that currently exists even when the perpetuators of the system are seemingly not present.  \n\nScholar Professor John Powell asserts ‘ “Racialization” connotes a process rather than a static event. It underscores the fluid and dynamic nature of race. Moreover, “racism” is understood as a consciously motivated force. “Racialization” implies a process or set of processes that may or may not be animated by conscious forces. “Racism” invites a search for a racist actor, much as a web suggests the presence of a spider. “Structural Racialization” is a set of processes that may generate disparities or depress life outcomes without any racist actors. It is a web without a spider. ‘ (Powell, JA.  Poverty and Race (22)5:3-5.  "}