Anti-Muslim jokes are dismissed as non-racist yet mark bodies as terror suspects

Evidence

Nabeel’s response to this incident reflects the prevalent notion that these jokes are not racist. It highlights the invisibility of the racialized aspect of these anti-Muslim attitudes. These jokes are far from harmless and remind Muslims their bodies are associated with terror. They also let Muslim Americans know they are not trusted in their own country. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 314

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names the invisibility of the racialized aspect of anti-Muslim jokes — how a faith gets racialized through everyday speech.
• XREF: Directly addresses the reader’s guiding question of how a faith becomes racialized: jokes make racialization invisible to perpetrators.