Muslim Americans face discrimination layered across race, faith, gender, and legal status

Evidence

Given the diversity of Muslim Americans, it is expected that many deal with intersectional discrimination related to their perceived or actual race, ethnicity, faith, gender, and immigration status (Crenshaw, 1989). — Naheed Ahmed, Measurement of Perceived Interpersonal…, 22

Categorization

  • XREF: Resonates with The Namesake and Maps on the compounding of immigrant and racialized identity.
  • SEED: Article angle: why discrimination surveys that ask one identity question at a time systematically undercount the worst-affected people.