Anti-Muslim harassment drives children to internalize the terrorist label

Evidence

This incident was not an isolated one. Her children were with her at a restaurant when another customer yelled at them to “go back home.” Nasreen told me how her children internalized these collective experiences. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 416

Nasreen’s ten-­year-­old daughter internalized her racialization. Nasreen was understandably upset by her daughter’s response and told her daughter this was not true and that she did not understand what “terrorist” meant. Her daughter responded, “But Mom, that’s what we’re called. We’re terrorists … every day they tell us we’re terrorists.” Muslim children who grow up in a surveillance society where their religious identity has been racialized are made to feel they do not belong. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 582

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 416; , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 582
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source