Anti-black racism within Muslim American communities remains unaddressed

Evidence

These figures and developments signal some progress. It is perhaps incremental or isolated progress, but these are shifts that are needed to confront the anti-black racism thriving in the country today. Layla Abdullah-Poulos, a black Muslim scholar and author of a popular blog committed to addressing racism within the Muslim American community, rebuts that far more has to be done: “Muslims need to decolonize their minds, engage in active anti-racism to purge our communities of toxic anti-Blackness.” Her call resounds as the intersection of being black and Muslim in the United States becomes more dangerous by the day. This intersection is seldom addressed within the convening halls of Muslim American power. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 436

Categorization

• XREF: Abdullah-Poulos’s ‘decolonize their minds’ call is the intra-community private Islamophobia that the reader’s dialectical framework needs. — connects to: The US government manufactured Islamophobia as a disciplinary technique against black political activism; Muslim Americans support BLM at higher rates than any other faith group — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 435; Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437 (+12 more)
• QUESTION: Where in the book does Beydoun systematically address anti-black racism inside Muslim American institutions?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 436

Broader Connections

• African American Muslims are the largest Muslim American plurality yet stay marginalized. #corroborates (0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 451
• Black American Muslims suffer compounded vulnerability from converging anti-Black racism and Islamophobia #contradicts (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 460
• Anti-black racism and Islamophobia fuse to intensify policing of black Muslims. #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 453
• Islamic identity could not shield Black Americans from racial prejudice. #corroborates (0.75)
• African American Muslims experience racialized religion differently due to distinct history #expands (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 478
• The Black Lives Matter movement taught Muslim Americans the language of racial justice #responds-to (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 479