Liberal Islamophobia and right-wing racism are interchangeable imperial instruments

Evidence

Like Obama before him, Biden faces the task of rehabilitating empire and rebuilding multinational relationships. In his article in Foreign Affairs titled “Why America Must Lead Again,” Biden has promised to do both and to restore Obama era policies. … Most significantly, Trump eschewed the “good Muslim, bad Muslim” approach (with the exception of Saudi Arabia) and opened the door to right-wing Islamophobia. Biden has rejected this approach. We might therefore expect a return to liberal Islamophobia and the accommodationist approach. However, Biden has stated his intention to continue Trump’s policy to withdraw military forces from the “forever wars” and to use drone warfare instead. … In short, as of this writing, it appears that the United States is headed into a third Obama term with a multiracial and female-heavy leadership team ensuring a process where neoliberal multiculturalism, as it has in the past, will paper over racist imperial policies. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 544

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Liberal Islamophobia includes Muslims only on imperial terms — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 89; Right-wing and liberal Islamophobia both serve imperial racism through exclusion and conditional inclusion.; US Islamophobia has liberal and conservative wings, both imperial — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 380 (+19 more)

Broader Connections

• Far-right and liberal anti-Muslim racism are dialectically coupled, not separate phenomena #corroborates (0.95)
• Conservative and liberal Islamophobia are both forms of imperial racism. #expands (0.90)
• Liberal rhetoric can mask imperial racism as benevolence #expands (0.90)
• Liberal Islamophobia is racist and imperialist despite its gentler rhetoric #expands (0.85) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 430
• Both conservative and liberal approaches to Islamism rest on cultural racism #expands (0.85)
• Liberal security politics amplified right-wing Islamophobia’s reach and power #expands (0.85)
• Islamophobia flourishes on both the nativist right and among self-proclaimed liberals #corroborates (0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 689
• Liberal defenses of Muslims framed Islamophobia as intolerance, not empire-linked racism #qualifies (0.80)
• Liberal Islamophobia rejects blatant rhetoric while instituting the same Muslim racialization policies #expands (0.80)
• Liberal Islamophobia legitimizes and amplifies right-wing anti-Muslim conspiracy theories #expands (0.75)