Muslim-name profiling is racial, not religious, discrimination
Evidence
Bilal’s Muslim name triggers suspicion even though he no longer identifies as a Muslim, revealing how this interaction is best described as racial as opposed to religious discrimination. Bilal is not discriminated against because of his beliefs, but rather his body is essentialized as a threat because his Muslim name categorizes him as a potential terrorist. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 151
Categorization
Category: Definitional Content
- DEFINE: Core definitional payoff for the reader: race operates through ascribed bodily markers/names, not beliefs.
Related
- Racial profiling extends to religious signifiers like Muslim names and clothing. (similarity 0.90)
- Surveillance targets Muslim names even when individuals no longer hold Muslim beliefs (similarity 0.88)
- Muslim names alone can racialize phenotypically white people (similarity 0.86)
- A Muslim name triggers suspicion even for those who no longer identify as Muslim (similarity 0.84)
- Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance. (similarity 0.84)
- Airport profiling collapses religious identity and racial appearance into a single target (similarity 0.83)
- The state authorizes citizens to racially profile Muslims under national security (similarity 0.83)
- Religious identity can be racialized when signifiers trigger profiling (similarity 0.81)
- Muslim employees anglicize their names because employers fear losing business (similarity 0.81)
- Surveillance targets Muslim Americans based on religious identity regardless of citizenship (similarity 0.81)
- Muslim men can be racialized by ethnicity alone, not only by disclosed religion (similarity 0.81)
- Name-based suspicion targets ex-Muslims, proving racial not religious targeting (similarity 0.80)
- Racial targeting makes mere category membership, not enmity, grounds for persecution (similarity 0.80)
- Even watchlisted Muslims face additional appearance-based profiling (similarity 0.80)
- Muslim identity gets racialized through names and clothing, not only skin tone (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Surveillance targets a Muslim name, not religious belief, making it racial discrimination
#corroborates(0.90) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 181 - Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims
#corroborates(0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 344 - Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance.
#corroborates(0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 65 - Muslim-sounding names trigger false positives on watchlists.
#exemplifies(0.80) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 165 - Religious identity can be racialized when signifiers trigger profiling
#expands(0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 169 - Muslim names alone can racialize phenotypically white people
#expands(0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 91 - Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity
#expands(0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 209 - Religious identity racializes Arab and South Asian Muslims along shared lines
#expands(0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 83 - Muslim identity overrides American citizenship in airport profiling
#exemplifies(0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 222 - Muslims in the United States endure discrimination in their everyday lives
#expands(0.50) — Evelyn Alsultany, Antisemitism and Islamophobia The…, 32