Cultural racism locks groups into immutable genealogies just as biological race did.

Evidence

What is at work is the logic of cultural racism. Étienne Balibar notes that “culture can also function like a nature, and it can in particular function as a way of locking individuals and groups a priori into a genealogy, into a determination that is immutable and intangible in origin.” Thus, Islam as culture/ideology is understood to shape behavior in current forms of war on terror racism in ways not entirely dissimilar to earlier biological and civilizational notions of race (see Chapters 1 and 2). — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 554 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

These approaches are grounded in the view that biological or scientific racism has declined in significance, and new forms of racialized hostility have grown to take its place. It is argued that this “old racism” has been superseded by a new racism or by the rearticulation of racism which is characterized by an assertion of the naturalness of both a desire to live amongst “one’s own people” (Us) and hostility towards a culturally or racially distinct immigrant presence (the Other) that threatens the existence of “our way of life.” — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1871 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Cultural racism locks groups into immutable genealogies as biological racism did — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 554; Cultural racism substitutes cultural traits for biological ones in racializing groups.; Modern racism legitimizes itself through cultural difference rather than biological hierarchy. (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Cultural racism locks groups into immutable genealogies as biological racism did #corroborates (0.98) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 554
• Cultural racism substitutes cultural traits for biological ones in racializing groups. #expands (0.85)
• Biological racism was replaced by a coded cultural new racism #expands (0.80) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 1871
• Modern racism legitimizes itself through cultural difference rather than biological hierarchy. #expands (0.78)
• Cultural traits like language, clothing, and religious practice can racialize a group. #expands (0.75)
• Racist ideologies can rest on cultural or economic grounds, not only biological ones. #expands (0.72)
• Post-war racism shifted from biological hierarchy to cultural difference. #expands (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3126
• Racialization can proceed from cultural traits without any phenotypic difference #expands (0.72) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 88