Crises trigger public targeting of darker-skinned men mistaken for Muslims

Evidence

Wins Preliminary Ruling to Call Enemies of Israel ‘Savages’” reported by the Associated Press (Huffington Post/AP 2012). 2 Immediately after a crisis, like a terrorist attack, darker-­skinned men are targeted by the public as threats. This is best exemplified in the cases of Indian men who were attacked after 9/11 because they were mistaken for Muslims or Arabs. The misidentification of Sikhs is another example of this, which both Erik Love (2017) and David Tyrer (2013) note in their books. Because Sikhs wear the turban, they are often misrecognized as Muslim. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 735

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s COINTELPRO/reference materials on racialized threat perception; also ties to Erik Love and David Tyrer’s work on Asian-American racialization. — connects to: Muslim faith practice that is benign for others marks young black men as threats. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 359; Masculine Islamophobia frames Muslim men as imminent threats of violence; Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse (+7 more)

Broader Connections

• Religious identity can be racialized when signifiers trigger profiling #expands (0.65)
• Muslim male violence is framed as an innate Islamic or racial impulse #expands (0.60)
• Muslim men can be racialized by ethnicity alone, not only by disclosed religion #qualifies (0.60)