Higher education and sophistication can amplify rather than reduce Islamophobia

Evidence

Chesler is significantly more educated, has a much larger array of arguments at her disposal, and couches her arguments in “facts” and more sophisticated language. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 554

Categorization

• SEED: Article angle: the counterintuitive role of elite education and argumentative fluency in legitimizing prejudice.
• XREF: connects to: Higher education reinforces obedience to authority rather than independent thought. — bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as…, 17