Dehumanising language and policy causes a ripple effect feeding through acts of violence and torture by state actors
Evidence
âThey deserve it for what theyâre doingâ: dehumanising rhetoric as a ⊠(ScienceDirect)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: Accusations of extreme wrongdoing can dehumanize scapegoats. â Lynley Hood, A City Possessed, 82; Loss of central authority leads to widespread societal chaos; Societal collapse is characterized by the downfall of government and the rise of violence â Societal collapse (+23 more)
Broader Connections
- Islamophobia is produced by state action, not only cultural bias
#corroborates(0.75) - State policies authorizing suspicion are the cornerstone of dialectical Islamophobia
#corroborates(0.70) â Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ UnderstandingâŠ, 136 - Modern racism against Muslims persists through more polite, euphemistic policy language
#corroborates(0.65) â Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ GlobalâŠ, 749 - Islamophobia is transmitted through state-polity dialogue via law and rhetoric
#complicates(0.60) â Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ UnderstandingâŠ, 83 - Colonial subjects act out violently to end unbearable psychological tension
#exemplifies(0.55) â Frantz Fanon, Constance Farrington, Black skin, white masks, 553 - Ideologies act on people structurally through a process that escapes them
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