Empire produces anti-Muslim racism which in turn sustains empire
Evidence
Because US hegemonic interests in Muslim-majority countries require the dehumanization and vilification of the native populations, empire building abroad animates anti-Muslim racism at home. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Diversity rhetoric leaves empire-directed structural anti-Muslim racism untouched — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 44; Empire is a contingent process that reproduces itself through shifting racism. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 93; Anti-Muslim racism operates as steady imperial practice, not only crisis response (+25 more)
Broader Connections
- US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically
#corroborates(0.95) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072 - Anti-Muslim racism is a normal tool of empire, not crisis response
#expands(0.90) - Anti-Muslim racism is rooted in empire, not relieved by inclusion.
#corroborates(0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1243 - Anti-Muslim racism arises from empire as a normal modality, not only crisis.
#corroborates(0.90) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 93 - Anti-Muslim racism remains entrenched despite Muslim inclusion in imperial systems
#expands(0.85) - Imperial racism subordinates even allied Muslims to imperial power
#expands(0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 390 - Anti-Muslim racism is structural to empire rather than a fringe phenomenon.
#corroborates(0.85)