A terrorism suspect’s visible normalcy was itself treated as evidence of sleeper-cell membership

Evidence

First, he appears to be normal. That is to say, he is married with two children and he was pursuing graduate studies in Montreal. As CSIS testified at his hearing, this very normalcy is what suggested that he was a part of a sleeper cell. — Sherene Razack, Casting Out, 134

Categorization

• XREF: Inverts the earlier chapter-7 theme that racialized bodies are always already suspicious — here normality itself convicts, showing the profile is unfalsifiable.
• DEEPTHINKING: flagged by the selector, no supporting note recorded