Elected officials of color face steep barriers when contesting dominant Islamophobia

Evidence

Islamophobia infects American politics as elected officials propagate racist depictions of Muslims as presumptive security threats. No Muslim is immune from the effects of such racialization. Indeed, when in 2007 Keith Ellison, an African American Muslim, asked to use the Quran when he was sworn in as representative of the Fifth Congressional District of Minnesota, conservative politicians were outraged. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 812 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Democratic leadership offered at most a tepid defense of Muslim religious freedom — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 660; Racialization targets even elected African American Muslim officials — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 812

Broader Connections

• Racialization targets even elected African American Muslim officials #exemplifies (0.90) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 812