Defensive Muslim groups accommodate rather than confront the racist frame imposed on them

Evidence

Muslim American organizations attempt to refute the claim that Islam is incompatible with American values, thereby accepting Islamophobia’s racialized frame. Instead of confronting the racial-religious hierarchy that imposes on Muslims the burden of proving that their religion is not violent, antidemocratic, or illiberal, these mainstream Muslim organizations accommodate it. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1049

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels the accommodation-vs-confrontation dynamics in respectability politics described across civil rights scholarship. — connects to: Muslim inclusion within empire does not dent racism, so anti-prejudice remedies fail — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 90; Denying that Muslims are enemies can itself construct them as threats — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 577; Even the most pro-Muslim Democratic response was a tepid rights defense, not anti-racism (+1 more)
• SEED: A piece contrasting the trap of ‘prove you’re harmless’ advocacy against the dissident cross-racial approach.