Islamophobia against women ties into racism and fear of nonwhite minorities

Evidence

In discussing select examples of discrimination against Muslim women and hate crimes against them, I want to set the stage for the argument that this type of “Islamophobia” directed against women is part of a larger fear or discomfort with the presence of Muslims in American society; and that it makes sense to see this dimension of the phenomenon in direct relation to racism and fear of nonwhite minorities. — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 513

Categorization

• XREF: Positioning Islamophobia within racialized fear of minorities dovetails with the reader’s project of relocating the problem onto the frightened subject rather than the target group. — connects to: Islamophobia is rarely analyzed through the lens of race and racism. — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 18; Islamophobia has produced Muslims as a racial group and Islam as a race — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 61