Diversity rhetoric leaves empire-directed structural anti-Muslim racism untouched

Evidence

Indeed, Harris’s close alliance with the US military and Biden’s capitulation to those who support the silencing, killing, and surveillance of Muslims—from Republican Michael Bloomberg who oversaw New York’s racist surveillance of Muslim communities to elected officials who smear critics of Israel as anti-Semitic3—remind us that if we really want to end anti-Muslim racism, we need to be willing to dismantle US-led militarism, warmongering, and empire building. We should therefore be wary of empty rhetoric about ending stereotypes and individual acts of anti-Muslim hatred such as hate crimes and bigotry in the discourse on “tolerance, inclusion, and diversity,” which does nothing to address structural racism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 44

Categorization

• XREF: Bolsters the vault’s Aziz/Razack thread that post-9/11 anti-Muslim racism is imperial policy routed through state institutions, not individual bigotry. — connects to: Anti-Muslim racism is structurally rooted in empire, not individual prejudice — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 78; Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire; Anti-Muslim racism remains entrenched despite Muslim inclusion in imperial systems (+9 more)
• ADDENDUM: Echoes the moral-panic-vs-structural thread and the argument that scapegoating individual acts leaves the apparatus intact, much like the immodesty moral panics masking class/identity politics.

Broader Connections

• Anti-Muslim racism is rooted in empire, not relieved by inclusion. #corroborates (0.92) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1243
• Anti-Muslim racism remains entrenched despite Muslim inclusion in imperial systems #corroborates (0.90)
• Anti-Muslim racism is structurally rooted in empire, not individual prejudice #corroborates (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 78
• Muslim inclusion within empire does not dent racism, so anti-prejudice remedies fail #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 90
• Islamophobia is structural racism rooted in empire, not religious intolerance #corroborates (0.82) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 91
• Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire #expands (0.80)
• Liberal anti-clash rhetoric remains imperial racism assuming US stewardship of Muslim societies #expands (0.78) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 512
• US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically #qualifies (0.72) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072