Anti-Muslim racism operates even inside leftist and liberal anti-war movements
Evidence
To be sure, the racialization of Muslims was unstable and variable and took different forms at various moments in time. Even at a particular historical conjuncture, Orientalism was mediated in different ways in various spheres from politics to culture. This is because the “West” is not a monolith, there is therefore no singular production of those racialized by empire; anti-racism is also part of the mix. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 193 (
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Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Free speech framing converts anti-Muslim cartoon racism into a covert liberal form — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 71; Full-blown anti-Muslim racism required free-society ideology plus military dominance; Anti-racist movements often fail to see anti-Muslim bigotry as racism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 760 (+17 more)
Broader Connections
- Far-right and liberal anti-Muslim racism are dialectically coupled, not separate phenomena
#corroborates(0.95) - Anti-Muslim sentiment spans opposing political groups, not just white conservatives
#corroborates(0.95) - Anti-Muslim racialization is unstable, contested, and co-produced with anti-racism
#complicates(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 193 - Anti-Muslim racism is produced across intersecting institutional spheres, not by any single source
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