Planning itself is not inherently racist; in fact, it is central to racism\u2019s negation. But racial capitalism asks planners to sort out who will go where, under what conditions and for whose benefit. Such actions are intrinsically coercive. Planners often describe the force underlying their work as \u201cpolice power.\u201d<\/p>\n
Planners also secure consent by cloaking their power in rationality. While the capitalist state can be considered a \u201cdictatorship of the bourgeoisie,\u201d it often operates as a republic with some democratic features. For the most part, planners cannot simply foist their plans onto the public, but must convince them that these plans are in fact the most rational option.<\/p>\n
As planning theorist Bent Flyvbjerg maintains, however, \u201cpower defines reality\u201d and \u201crationalization presented as rationality is a principal strategy in the exercise of power.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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