Anti-Muslim backlash made Muslim Americans avoid eye contact in public

Evidence

I was terrified there would be another attack. I was afraid of how strangers would treat me if they knew I was a Muslim. For a while, I refrained from making eye contact with strangers on the street out of a fear of seeing any anger and hatred toward me because I am not white and am often questioned about my status as an American. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 17

Categorization

• SHARE: A concrete, reflexive detail for anyone studying surveillance studies or racialization — the idea that checking others’ gazes becomes a fear-avoidance behavior.