Ambiguous watchlist notifications leave Muslim men in chronic uncertainty about why they are watched

Evidence

The secrecy that surrounds these lists is daunting for Muslim American men. They are told they are on some list, but it is never specified which one, creating a state of uncertainty. Some are told their names are similar to one on a “terrorist watchlist,” making these men fear being associated with terrorism. This feeling of being watched but not knowing why or when, makes Muslim American men feel vulnerable. Although all the men interviewed are American citizens, they are still situated on the margins of society because their bodies are monitored and watched. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 202

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

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Related

• Secrecy about surveillance lists creates chronic uncertainty and vulnerability for Muslim citizens (similarity 0.94)
• Undisclosed watchlist status keeps citizens in permanent uncertainty and vulnerability (similarity 0.89)
• Profiled men misattribute list-based surveillance to their own appearance or behavior (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim men’s invisibility as Muslims breeds fear of association with terrorism (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim American men feared interviewing because hypersurveillance made them distrust strangers (similarity 0.85)
• Surveillance targets Muslim Americans based on religious identity regardless of citizenship (similarity 0.83)
• Muslim men self-silence in public to avoid being classified as terrorists. (similarity 0.82)
• Surveillance makes Muslim men strategically perform loyalty to manage others’ suspicions (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim men self-censor to avoid being associated with terrorism. (similarity 0.82)
• Fear of unpredictable surveillance makes Muslim Americans surveil themselves, disempowering them. (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim American men self-silence politically out of fear of surveillance (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim men self-censor politically because state surveillance targets them, unlike women watched by strangers (similarity 0.81)
• Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling (similarity 0.81)
• State surveillance escalates with how visibly Muslim a person is (similarity 0.81)
• Surveillance causes Muslims to discipline their own behavior preemptively (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling #expands (0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 220
• The surveillance gaze denies Muslim Americans the psychological privileges of citizenship #expands (0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 272
• Surveillance pressure makes Muslim men erase rather than transform their identity #complicates (0.55) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 438
• Muslim men self-censor to avoid being associated with terrorism. #expands (0.55) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 347
• Surveillance makes Muslim men strategically perform loyalty to manage others’ suspicions #complicates (0.50) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 447
• Surveillance causes Muslims to discipline their own behavior preemptively #expands (0.50) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 231
• Perceived surveillance pressure drives Muslims to preemptively perform anti-terror condemnation #expands (0.40) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 623