A hijab alone triggers assumptions of foreignness, low occupational status, and female oppression

Evidence

The patient made several unfounded assumptions about Irum. First, he assumed she was a nurse and also not American. He was surprised when she spoke English without an accent. He also associated the hijab with the oppression of women. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 280

Categorization

• XREF: Concrete empirical anchor: the hijab as a single visible marker that collapses profession, nationality, and agency in one glance — the visual machinery of racialization.