Class privilege does not shield Muslim travelers from airport surveillance

Evidence

Because Naveed was on the Selectee List, he had to go through additional security, being searched and interrogated at the terminal gate. Naveed thought his status as a platinum flyer should protect him from this surveillance. But privileges associated with class do not protect Muslim bodies from surveillance in a nation engaged in hypersurveillance. Muslim men are left feeling humiliated in front of their fellow passengers. Most of the men interviewed felt they have no choice but to comply with their surveillance rather than contest it. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 260

Naveed thought his status as a platinum flyer should protect him from this surveillance. But privileges associated with class do not protect Muslim bodies from surveillance in a nation engaged in hypersurveillance. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 260

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 260
• XREF: connects to: Citizenship offers Muslims little protection against CVE policing — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 412; Class privilege does not shield Muslim Americans from racialized surveillance; Class privilege and government service did not shield Muslims from surveillance. (+12 more)

Broader Connections

• Class privilege and government service did not shield Muslims from surveillance. #expands (0.95)
• Class privilege does not shield Muslim Americans from racialized surveillance #expands (0.90)
• State surveillance targets religious identity rather than class or political loyalty #expands (0.80)
• Airport profiling of Muslims is systemic and state-institutionalized rather than random #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 285
• Muslim identity overrides American citizenship in airport profiling #expands (0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 222
• Airports allocate the privilege of unexamined travel along racialized lines #expands (0.60)
• Light-skinned Muslims can pass as white and escape airport profiling #qualifies (0.60)