American public awareness of anti-Muslim discrimination rose substantially by the mid-2010s

Evidence

In growing numbers, the general American public is now recognizing the contemporary struggles that Muslim Americans and Arab Americans confront. The polls tell us that a majority of Americans now believe that Muslims face significant levels of discrimination. Members of the American Psychological Association are investigating the psychological impact of Islamophobia on multiple levels. With HBO’s The Night Of and Aziz Ansari’s Master of None, Hollywood finally seems interested in creating more complicated representations of Muslims for our screens. — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 1008