Citizenship status does not shield Muslim Americans from suspicion

Evidence

Saleem has been stopped and searched several times at airports. He was called a fascist by a patient in the hospital. He told me that when he applied for a job he received an email saying the position was for American citizens only. When he told them he was an American citizen, the person refused to believe him. He felt this treatment was because he has a Muslim name. As a result, Saleem feels rejected from his American identity: “There are certain times where I feel extremely alienated from mainstream America, and I know that a lot of minorities do … [Even] despite the fact that I’m a professional—you know, middle-upper class.” — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 443

Categorization

• XREF: Directly evidences the reader’s core claim: surveillance racializes Muslims, turning citizens into permanent suspects regardless of class or citizenship. — connects to: Islamic identity rendered immigrants non-white in citizenship cases regardless of legal test — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 154; The going-Muslim trope denies assimilated Muslims any genuine integration into America — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 608
• SHARE: The detail that a job recruiter refused to believe Saleem was a citizen despite his telling them so is a striking specific illustration for someone working on discrimination.