Muslim American voters expected Clinton’s victory would end brazen Islamophobia.

Evidence

I watched the election returns alongside hundreds of Muslim American students and activists, mothers and fathers, on November 9, 2016, at the Arab American Museum Annex in Dearborn, Michigan. The crowd that came together that night overwhelmingly believed that Hillary Clinton would claim victory, as the political pundits and experts had forecast, and by doing so would put an end to the brazen Islamophobia unleashed by Donald Trump. Well, they and we were wrong, and Trump claimed Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, Wisconsin, and one battleground state after another to win the presidency. The unexpected result of the 2016 presidential election, and the Islamophobia it endorsed, would usher in a different kind of mourning. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 537

Categorization

• SEED: A felt-history angle: how a community experienced the 2016 election in real time at a specific gathering place, contrasting forecasts with lived disbelief.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 537
• XREF: connects to: The 2016 race weaponized nonspecific Muslim fear for electoral gain — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 33; Optimistic endings that erase struggle can quietly trivialize ongoing Islamophobia; Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 539 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The 2016 race weaponized nonspecific Muslim fear for electoral gain #corroborates (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 33
• Hillary Clinton’s front-lines rhetoric marginalizes American Muslim political agency #complicates (0.55) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 709
• Trump’s election raised the harm risk for visibly Muslim Americans #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 539
• Optimistic endings that erase struggle can quietly trivialize ongoing Islamophobia #qualifies (0.45)
• Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith #qualifies (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343
• Islamophobia has become the normative and party-platform standard in America. #corroborates (0.40) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 353