Muslim identity ejects Arabs from whiteness and strips them of its material benefits

Evidence

When identified as Muslims, whether through the hijab or a Muslim name, the racial classification as white stops applying to Syrians, Lebanese, and Iraqi Americans. Whiteness comes with certain benefits, like being able to walk into a store without being stared at, monitored, or verbally harassed; boarding a flight in the airport without having your body searched several times, and not having to monitor what you say out of fear that someone will report you to law enforcement. It affords individuals these tangible material and social benefits (Harris 1993). Arabs who are Muslim are being ejected from the racial classification of white because their religious identity marks them as the other, and South Asian Muslims are simultaneously losing their footing as honorary whites. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 662

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘invisible minority’ concept from Tehranian in the prior paragraph and to Maghbouleh on Iranian Americans crossing the color line; fits the reader’s religion-vs-race guiding question by showing the concrete material stakes. — connects to: Renan equated Islam with an unchanging essence of irrationality intrinsic to the Arab race. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 196; Categorical whiteness excludes Arabs and Muslims from the benefits of racial remedy in America; Non-black Muslims perform anti-black racism to claim proximity to whiteness. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 442 (+29 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Arabs classified as white lose that status upon wearing the hijab #exemplifies (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 201
• Wearing the hijab strips Arab women of their perceived whiteness #exemplifies (0.90) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 145
• Converting to Islam or wearing the hijab causes loss of whiteness privileges #corroborates (0.90) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 261
• Muslim Arabs move away from whiteness regardless of actual skin tone #corroborates (0.85)
• Muslim names alone can racialize phenotypically white people #corroborates (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 91
• Lighter skin and Christian identity secured citizenship privileges that darker or Muslim Arabs lacked #qualifies (0.80)
• Lighter skin and Westernized names let some Muslims pass as white #qualifies (0.75)
• Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines #expands (0.70)
• Cultural practices become racialized when they are essentialized as innate to Muslims #expands (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 274
• Religious identity replaced ethnicity as the marker making Muslim Americans seen as anti-American #expands (0.70)
• Invisible minority describes Arabs marginalized though classified as white by the census #expands (0.65)
• Arab and South Asian identities have been conflated with Islam #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 173
• Private citizens conflate Islam with the Middle East, erasing Muslim ethnic diversity #expands (0.60)