Airports function as a panopticon where Muslims must prove loyalty to avoid discipline.

Evidence

These actions may seem insignificant, but they reveal that for Muslim Americans, airports have become what Foucault (1995) called a panopticon, a space where discipline is unpredictable and ever present. In this panopticon under the watchful eye of the state and private citizens, Muslim Americans are not free to be themselves but must constantly demonstrate they are loyal and trustworthy citizens to escape discipline. Sarah told me that when she and her husband fly, they avoid reciting any Islamic prayers because they fear it will frighten their fellow passengers. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 323

Categorization

• FICTION: The detail of avoiding prayer out of fear of frightening passengers is vivid interior material for narrative work.
• XREF: Foucault’s panopticon applied concretely; parallels the reader’s wider map of surveillance as discipline. — connects to: Saying the word Allah on an airplane can get passengers handcuffed and interrogated. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 205; Airports function as Foucault’s panopticon for Muslim Americans; Airports function as panopticons where Muslim Americans self-police ordinary behaviors. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 323 (+13 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 4 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Airports function as Foucault’s panopticon for Muslim Americans #corroborates (0.95)
• Airports function as panopticons where Muslim Americans self-police ordinary behaviors. #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 323
• Surveillance causes Muslims to discipline their own behavior preemptively #corroborates (0.90)
• Muslim Americans must prove patriotic loyalty before being accepted as American #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 614
• Muslim inclusion in American civic life comes at the price of disciplined loyalty #corroborates (0.85)
• Performing good-Muslim status requires denouncing terrorism and flag-waving #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 726
• Surveillance makes Muslim men strategically perform loyalty to manage others’ suspicions #expands (0.85)
• Perceived surveillance pressure drives Muslims to preemptively perform anti-terror condemnation #corroborates (0.85) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 623
• Airport surveillance publicly signals to the population that Muslims are potential terrorists #expands (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 338
• Light-skinned Muslims can pass as white and escape airport profiling #qualifies (0.75)
• Airport profiling of Muslims is systemic and state-institutionalized rather than random #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 285
• Structural Islamophobia operates through laws and policies that presume Muslims threaten national security #expands (0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 123
• Airports allocate the privilege of unexamined travel along racialized lines #qualifies (0.70)