Even anti-imperialist American travelers voiced racial contempt for Arabs

Evidence

Little notes that it was The National Geographic, more than any other popular media, that really did the heavy lifting in terms of not-so-subtly imparting anti-Arab and anti-Muslim racism through its travel journalism. Its reporting over decades depicted the Arab world as hopelessly backwards, derelict, superstitious, and irrational. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 216 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Mark Twain, an anti-imperialist, still voiced racial contempt for Arabs; US anti-Muslim racism emerged only with America’s imperial power in the Middle East; National Geographic travel journalism was the leading channel imparting anti-Arab racism — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 216

Broader Connections

• US anti-Muslim racism emerged only with America’s imperial power in the Middle East #corroborates (0.72)
• National Geographic travel journalism was the leading channel imparting anti-Arab racism #expands (0.72) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 216