Immigrant labor importation served to discipline Black workers and cut sugar costs

Evidence

Immigrant Muslims and their leaders often delegitimized the Nation of Islam as “non-Muslim” and even “anti-Muslim.” In an ironic twist of fate—or more factually, in an act of political tokenism—the very people American courts deemed unfit for naturalized citizenship were used by the state to delegitimize the religious bona fides of the Nation of Islam and its leadership. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Africans’ mass labor withdrawal triggered the planters’ importation of immigrant labor; Black labor exploitation continued in new forms after slavery’s legal abolition; Indigenous population collapse created the labor demand that led to African importation (+1 more)

Related

• Immigrant Muslims aided the state in delegitimizing black Muslims. (similarity 0.86)
• The state used immigrant Muslims to delegitimize the Nation of Islam. (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Africans’ mass labor withdrawal triggered the planters’ importation of immigrant labor #contradicts (0.70)
• Immigrant Muslims aided the state in delegitimizing black Muslims. #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440
• Black labor exploitation continued in new forms after slavery’s legal abolition #expands (0.55)
• Indigenous population collapse created the labor demand that led to African importation #qualifies (0.50)