Anti-Muslim racialization is pervasive and not limited to white Southern Republicans
Evidence
Hughey (2012) shows how groups with what would appear to be opposing political viewpoints, like white nationalists and white anti-racists, actually make meaning of whiteness via similar ideologies on race. It is important to draw on this work because it can be used to show that anti-Muslim sentiments are pervasive and not limited to white Southern Republicans. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 567
Categorization
- QUESTION: This claims opposing political groups share racial ideology — worth chasing how the same logic extends to anti-Muslim sentiment across the political spectrum, not just right-wing actors.
- XREF: Connects to the reader’s map of the Global Racial Enemy slot and to Beydoun on the Muslim Ban — supports the argument that anti-Muslim racialization is a bipartisan, structural formation rather than fringe. — connects to: Anti-Muslim racism in politics spans both parties in liberal and conservative forms — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 743