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89. Sherene Razack on systemic racism in Canada, normalization of torture and Abousfian Abdelrazik

25 Jan 2022

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Listen to an interview with Sherene Razack recorded in 2009 live @radiockut who speaks on systemic racism in Canada, the normalization of torture and Abousfian Abdelrazik. Until today the case of Abdelrazik is not resolved as the current Liberal Canadian government continues to fight against calls for justice by Abdelrazik as expressed through a lawsuit currently still going through the Canadian courts system. According to the Globe and Mail, in a report published last year, the Canadian government has now spent at least 9.3 million to fight this case and to win legally against Abdelrazik. In this interview Razack, who is now a Distinguished Professor and the Penny Kanner Endowed Chair in Women’s Studies in the Department of Gender Studies, University of California at Los Angeles, speaks on the ways that systemic racism toward Arab and Muslim communities is expressed through social and political frameworks that work to eject Muslims from the western legal process, resulting in cases that normalize torture, as seen in the case of Abdelrazik. Razack is a feminist critical race scholar, her research and teaching focus on racial violence. The music on this edition are two tracks that I recorded as part of the Duets for Abdelrazik album that I recorded to celebrate Abdelrazik's resilience and return. The album was released in 2012 after I worked deeply to support Abdelrazik's struggle for justice through the Project Fly Home campaign. You will hear two tracks from the album, one with Radwan Moumneh and another with Norman Nawrocki. The accompanying art work is the original drawing from the 19th century that was reproduced for the album art work for Duets for Abdelrazik. https://spirodon.bandcamp.com/album/duets-for-abdelrazik The interview for this edition was co-conducted with community activist and radio host Samaa Elibyari.

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