Class privilege does not shield Muslim Americans from racialized surveillance

Evidence

The accountability for all Muslims felt by Muslim women who wear the hijab is so powerful that it can have an impact on Muslim children as well. In a post-­9/11 society, Muslim children are growing up with the awareness that their religious identity is under constant scrutiny. Reema’s statement reveals the pressure Muslim kids are placed under because of this public surveillance. They are raised feeling a responsibility to demonstrate they are good people, because it will counter the negative associations that the public has with Islam. Racialized surveillance can become deeply internalized when Muslim American children are taught to self-­discipline and self-­surveil. At a young age, Muslim American youth are learning they are not like other American children but are held to different standards. One of the consequences of this racialization is the denial of individuality. Muslim Americans are denied their individuality in public spaces and are forced to navigate society within the confines of an externally imposed collective identity. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 546 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Poverty makes Muslim Americans more vulnerable to state surveillance and backlash — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 389; Citizenship offers Muslims little protection against CVE policing — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 412; The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 29 (+18 more)

Related

• Racialized surveillance denies Muslim children their individuality and citizenship privileges (similarity 0.92)
• Racialized surveillance gets internalized by Muslim American children as self-discipline (similarity 0.91)
• Racialized surveillance denies Muslim Americans the individuality citizenship requires. (similarity 0.88)
• Hostile public scrutiny becomes internalized as the architecture of Muslim American identity (similarity 0.86)
• Class privilege and government service did not shield Muslims from surveillance. (similarity 0.86)
• Everyday harassment from strangers makes Muslim American children internalize illegitimacy (similarity 0.86)
• Racialization denies Muslim Americans the individuality that American citizenship requires (similarity 0.85)
• Class privilege fails to shield Muslim Americans from racialized surveillance. (similarity 0.85)
• Surveillance racializes Muslims by casting them as threats rather than protected citizens. (similarity 0.84)
• Hypersurveillance itself is the mechanism that racializes Muslim Americans (similarity 0.84)
• Surveillance causes Muslims to discipline their own behavior preemptively (similarity 0.84)
• Socioeconomic status does not protect Muslims from racialization during war (similarity 0.83)
• Citizenship itself is racialized, protecting some citizens while criminalizing Muslim Americans. (similarity 0.83)
• Racialized surveillance itself strips Muslims of substantive citizenship (similarity 0.83)
• Class privilege does not shield Muslim travelers from airport surveillance (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.70)
• Racialized surveillance gets internalized by Muslim American children as self-discipline #expands (0.65) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 546
• Hypersurveillance itself is the mechanism that racializes Muslim Americans #complicates (0.60)
• Airports function as panopticons where Muslim Americans self-police ordinary behaviors. #exemplifies (0.55) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 323