A racist logic marked Iraqis as vulnerable to premature death
Evidence
Iraqis were marked by a vulnerability to premature death, through a deeply racist logic. The draconian sanction regime was acceptable to the political elite because it advanced US imperial aims. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 197
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Sharpens the ‘sacrifice’ framing: imperial elites deem Iraqi deaths an acceptable price, connecting to how sacrifice functions as stabilizing elite policy across sources.
- XREF: connects to: The national security state has racialized Muslims into a category vulnerable to premature death. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 52; Bombing and sanctions constitute racialized vulnerability to premature death — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 87; Racism operates as production of group vulnerability to premature death (+6 more)
Broader Connections
- Racism operates as production of group vulnerability to premature death
#exemplifies(0.95) - Racism is best understood as the promotion of premature death
#corroborates(0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 141 - Racism operates as a disposition toward premature death of the subjugated.
#corroborates(0.90) — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race, 141 - Anti-Muslim racism operates through a distinct racial logic
#exemplifies(0.85) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 77 - Racism can serve as a strategy of war determining who lives and dies.
#corroborates(0.85) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 30 - Rural American hunting culture normalized viewing Iraqis as sub-human prey
#corroborates(0.75) — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 184