Citizens surveil hijabi women for supposedly violating American values

Evidence

Chapter 3 uncovers the important role private citizens play in maintaining a surveillance society in the War on Terror through my interviews with Muslim Americans about their daily lives and their interactions with private citizens. Muslim women who wear the hijab experience racialization through these interactions and are treated as an affront to Western culture due to their religious dress. Private citizens constantly watch and monitor them for signs of transgressing Western cultural norms. As a result, Muslim American women who wear the hijab have been yelled at to “go back home” by strangers they encounter in public spaces. By contrast, Muslim men are surveilled as a potential threat to national security by acquaintances at work and school. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 107 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: American-born Muslim women are assaulted for being recognizably Muslim; Private citizens surveil hijab-wearing women and challenge their American identity — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 77; Private citizens surveil hijabi women and recast their dress as un-American — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 415 (+5 more)

Related

• Private citizens surveil hijabi women and recast their dress as un-American (similarity 0.94)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim women for cultural transgression and men for security threats (similarity 0.94)
• Private citizens surveil hijab-wearing women and challenge their American identity (similarity 0.93)
• Citizens treat hijab removal as a required act of American citizenship (similarity 0.90)
• Citizen surveillance targets hijab-wearing women publicly but men privately as suspected terrorists (similarity 0.89)
• American-born Muslim women are assaulted for being recognizably Muslim (similarity 0.89)
• The War on Terror targets a religiously defined region, making hijab-wearing women stateless foreigners (similarity 0.88)
• Fear of violence after terror attacks places hijab-wearing women under house arrest. (similarity 0.88)
• Surveillance pressure to represent an entire collective erodes hijabi women’s individuality (similarity 0.87)
• Muslim women alter their dress in response to fellow citizens’ surveillance, not male oppression (similarity 0.87)
• Private citizens’ surveillance creates gendered exclusion of Muslims from public space (similarity 0.87)
• Surveillance targets Muslim women’s veils and Muslim men’s suspected terrorism (similarity 0.86)
• The hijab, not skin color, triggers citizen surveillance of Muslim American women. (similarity 0.86)
• Muslim men escape stranger harassment but women in hijabs do not (similarity 0.86)
• Hijab-wearing Muslim women self-surveil under scrutiny while claiming agency through it (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Private citizens surveil Muslim religious practice as a threat to American values. #expands (0.90)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim women for cultural transgression and men for security threats #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 107
• Wearing the hijab is read as surrendering whiteness and citizenship standing #qualifies (0.35)
• The War on Terror targets a religiously defined region, making hijab-wearing women stateless foreigners #complicates (0.35)