Muslim racialization is structural and persists with political utility

Evidence

The racialization of Muslims is also tied to social structures and cannot be understood only as a product of the miseducation of the population about Islam. While it is important to educate the public about Islam and Muslims, this alone will not eliminate racism against them. As long as there is economic and political utility to racializing Muslims, it will continue. I have shown that the surveillance state is directly tied to racializing a Muslim body as worthy of surveillance. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 480

While it is important to educate the public about Islam and Muslims, this alone will not eliminate racism against them. As long as there is economic and political utility to racializing Muslims, it will continue. I have shown that the surveillance state is directly tied to racializing a Muslim body as worthy of surveillance. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 677

Categorization

• DEFINE: States Selod’s structural rather than miseducation-based theory of racialization — the religion-to-race mechanism the reader is hunting for.
• XREF: Echoes Omi and Winant and Bonilla-Silva’s structural racism framework the reader already holds, and the racial-formation theory behind the Global Racial Enemy slot. — connects to: Islam has functionally become a race in law within the last twenty years — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 34; The surveillance industry depends on racialized Muslim bodies to stay funded — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 671; The shared underlying logic of racialization persists across Jew and Muslim targets — Nasar Meer, Racialization and Religion: Race,…, 40 (+4 more)
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 480; , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 677
• recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source