African American Muslims experience racialized religion differently due to distinct history

Evidence

There are other forms of discrimination this population is encountering, like workplace discrimination, that would add to an understanding of the racialization of South Asian and Arab Muslims. But it is also important not to conflate all Muslim experiences. Future research will uncover the nuances in how ethnicity and race intersect with a religious identity. Although in this book I show that South Asians and Arabs encounter similar experiences because they are Muslim, African American Muslims’ encounters with a racialized religious identity may differ because of their unique history with racism in the United States. The hijab may mark African Americans as foreigners like it does for South Asians and Arabs, altering the way their bodies are read and, subsequently, the way they are treated. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 478

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s guiding question on how surveillance lands differently across groups; nuances the religion-race distinction by noting its intersection with prior racism histories. — connects to: American officials read educated Muslims as a racially distinct civilized breed apart.; Muslim faith practice that is benign for others marks young black men as threats. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 359; Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437 (+16 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 478

Broader Connections

• Muslim Americans occupy a liminal racial position above African Americans #expands (0.70)
• Comparing Muslims to blacks erases that African Americans are the largest American-born Muslim group #complicates (0.50)
• Islamophobia and racial prejudice are entangled in distinct ways across Western contexts #corroborates (0.50) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 64