Color-blind security practices racialize without any actor believing they are racist

Evidence

The racism at work here is not blatant or obvious. In fact, race does not enter the picture. Instead “security” practices are enacted which do the work of racializing suspect populations. These communities are then subject to a whole panoply of surveillance and criminalization, from arbitrary arrests, to indefinite detention, deportation, torture, solitary confinement, the use of secret evidence, and sentencing for crimes that white people would not be jailed for, such as speech, donations to charitable organizations, and other such acts considered “material support” for terrorism. Kundnani’s interviews with FBI and other security personnel shows that they do not believe they are racist; they think that they are doing their jobs to ensure safety and security. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576

Categorization

• XREF: Builds on ch7’s claim that surveillance itself racializes target groups; here Kumar pins the mechanism to color-blind practice plus sincere self-belief in neutrality. Relevant to the reader’s European comparison: whether the same indirection holds absent US empire. — connects to: Color-blind security measures can turn religious groups into a race — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 75; Security practices racialize suspect groups without anyone involved believing they are racist; Racialization operates through ostensibly colorblind security practices, not overt racism — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 576 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Security practices racialize suspect groups without anyone involved believing they are racist #corroborates (1.00)
• Racialization operates through ostensibly colorblind security practices, not overt racism #expands (0.95) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576
• Surveillance itself racializes target groups into a suspicious race #expands (0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 75
• Security registration programs racialize groups by concretizing essentialized categories #expands (0.80)
• Surveillance is not colorblind and varies by race, religion, and gender #exemplifies (0.72) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 45