Muslim passengers are marked on their tickets with four Ss without knowing it

Evidence

While Saleem felt it was a shared Middle Eastern heritage that resulted in their profiling, other interviewees reveal that this is not limited to just Middle Easterners but also includes South Asians because it is the religious identity that is targeted. The calling out of Muslim names for additional security screening serves to further associate Muslim bodies with terror in front of their fellow passengers, creating an inequitable flying experience. This public display of security segregates passengers into two groups: those who are a potential threat, and those who are worthy of protection from this threat. The fact that nearly all the names called out for additional security were Muslim names supports the claim that the Selectee and No-Fly lists target Muslims. In this instance, American Airlines performed security in front of some passengers by racially profiling its Muslim clientele. It is no surprise, then, that passengers feel justified in reporting Muslims as suspicious to flight attendants on airplanes; they take their cues from the state. When the state participates in racially profiling passengers based on a religious identity in a public fashion, citizens feel justified in reporting their fellow passengers as suspicious for doing things like speaking Arabic or wearing the hijab when flying. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 197 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: State profiling legitimizes fellow passengers to report Muslims as suspicious — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 197

Related

• State profiling legitimizes fellow passengers to report Muslims as suspicious (similarity 0.92)
• Airlines accommodate passenger racism, normalizing fear of Muslims (similarity 0.86)
• Airport profiling of Muslims is systemic and state-institutionalized rather than random (similarity 0.83)
• Airport profiling targets Muslims as a religious class, not any specific nationality (similarity 0.82)
• Airport profiling targets all Muslims, not just Arabs or specific nationalities (similarity 0.82)
• State profiling legitimizes citizens reporting Muslims for speaking Arabic or wearing hijab (similarity 0.82)
• Airports allocate the privilege of unexamined travel along racialized lines (similarity 0.81)
• TSA Selectee List status subjects Muslim men to repeated layers of airport interrogation (similarity 0.81)
• TSA surveillance targets citizens regardless of religiosity, profession, or travel habits (similarity 0.81)
• Airport profiling collapses religious identity and racial appearance into a single target (similarity 0.80)
• Listed Muslim travelers are routinely pulled for pat-downs at airport checkpoints (similarity 0.80)
• Airport surveillance publicly signals to the population that Muslims are potential terrorists (similarity 0.80)
• Airline accommodation of passenger racism signals Muslims are unworthy of protection (similarity 0.80)
• Named Muslim men on the Selectee List endure stacked layers of airport checks (similarity 0.80)
• Light-skinned Muslims can pass as white and escape airport profiling (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• State profiling legitimizes fellow passengers to report Muslims as suspicious #expands (0.60) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 197