Both domestic immigration and international conflict shape American racialization

Evidence

Just as domestic events have an impact on the racialization process—in this case, the arrival of tens of millions of non-Protestant immigrants—so too do international events. World War II and the early Cold War years were a watershed moment for both race and religion in America. The next chapter explores how the US government attempted to differentiate itself from Nazism and Communism by rejecting racism and religious bigotry that gradually led to an expanded White Judeo-Christian national identity. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 351

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US imperial wars abroad drive the racial exclusion of Arab Americans at home. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 236; US wars abroad activate racial borders that target domestic minorities — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 536; Foreign wars redraw internal racial borders that target domestic civilians of enemy descent — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 548