Arabs classified as white lose that status upon wearing the hijab

Evidence

For Arabs who are racially classified as white, they lose this status when they wear the hijab. It is clear in the stories here that the women interviewed were not accustomed to these racial encounters before they wore the hijab. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 201

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidence against the U.S. Census classifying Arabs as white; reinforces the honorary-white theme. — connects to: White victims receive instant humanity denied to Arab and Muslim victims; Arabs gained whiteness-status in 1943 while Muslims generally remained excluded because Islam signified non-whiteness. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 123; Arabs achieved economic success yet still lost whiteness through foreign-policy racialization — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 130 (+22 more)

Broader Connections

• The hijab rather than skin tone triggers racializing surveillance of Muslim women #corroborates (0.85) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 292
• Wearing the hijab shifts how Muslim women are racially perceived and treated #expands (0.75)
• Muslim names alone can racialize phenotypically white people #expands (0.50) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 91