Anti-racists’ expansion of ‘hatred’ legitimizes state censorship of minorities

Evidence

Critics of such policies usually cry ‘Islamophobia’. But what has helped legitimize such actions is the way that anti-racists themselves have both demanded the criminalization of hate and helped expand the meanings of ‘hatred’ and ‘incitement’. When the state gets to criminalize dissenting speech, even if it is bigoted, minorities themselves too often suffer. — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 680

Categorization

• XREF: A striking parallel with the liberal-racist convergence at [663] and with the Michel Foucault/normative critique of anti-racist state capture — also resonates with the decolonial camp’s suspicion of the state’s anti-racism. — connects to: State anti-racism language can become a bargaining chip for co-opting minorities into security policy. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 491; Censoring bigotry makes opponents complacent and shirks the work of countering it. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 680; Hate speech laws historically target minority activists, not bigots. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 683 (+4 more)

Related

• Legal censorship lets anti-racists abandon open argument against prejudice (similarity 0.84)
• Censoring bigotry makes opponents complacent and shirks the work of countering it. (similarity 0.83)
• Hate speech censorship contributes to the rise of anti-Muslim parties (similarity 0.83)
• Hateful criticism should be answered politically, not legally (similarity 0.82)
• Hate speech laws historically target minority activists, not bigots. (similarity 0.81)
• Hate speech laws now disproportionately criminalize Muslim and dissenting speech. (similarity 0.79)
• State anti-racism language can become a bargaining chip for co-opting minorities into security policy. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Legal censorship lets anti-racists abandon open argument against prejudice #expands (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 675