Invasion-era stereotypes of foreign Muslims double as domestic anti-immigrant racism

Evidence

Reflecting this essentialist perspective, in the pursuit of empire, recent American invasions often include the view that Muslims in invaded lands are racially different than those who invade. The racist stereotypes used to describe the “natives” in the Muslim world are the same ones used in the United States to alienate immigrant Muslims, to render them separate and unassimilable even though they are already a highly assimilated immigrant population. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 242

Categorization

• XREF: This is the core racecraft move — the same stereotype repertoire deployed abroad and at home — mirroring how racecraft retools tools honed on Blacks and Native Americans at Muslims (ch4). — connects to: The Cold War’s end positioned Islam as communism’s replacement global threat — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 240; The term Islamophobia understates the racial and political roots of anti-Muslim bias — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 260; US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 1072 (+11 more)

Broader Connections

• Anti-terror and immigration policies become conflated in framing Muslims as foreign enemies #expands (0.90) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 580
• Foreign wars drive domestic racialization of perceived enemy populations #corroborates (0.90)
• US empire-building abroad drives anti-Muslim racism domestically #corroborates (0.88) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 1072
• The term Islamophobia understates the racial and political roots of anti-Muslim bias #corroborates (0.85) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 260
• Anti-terror discourse functions to police transnational migration by racializing Muslims #expands (0.85) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 336
• Anti-Muslim racism operates through a distinct racial logic #expands (0.82) — Junaid Rana, Terrifying Muslims, 77
• Anti-Muslim racism is the operationalization of the causal factor Islamophobia #expands (0.82) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 133
• Islamophobia operates as entrenched American race politics producing anti-Muslim racism #corroborates (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 72
• The War on Terror globally embedded a racialized terrorist stereotype of Muslims #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1120
• Mainstream anti-Islamophobia defense framed bias as cultural misunderstanding, not racism #complicates (0.80)
• Structural Islamophobia and structural racism share embedded institutional stereotypes #corroborates (0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 130