Muslims born and raised in America are seen as outsiders first

Evidence

Aziz: Generally, there’s just a feeling of people judging what I say, especially if it comes to foreign policy, especially if it comes to things about American identity, especially if it comes to things of Americanness. You just feel like everyone is now judging what you say and think that’s not in the best interests of the country. That’s the feeling that you get, and people look at me as someone who’s outside first and then American second … even if you were born and raised in the country. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 445

Categorization

• XREF: This is the reader’s prime visceral material — the interior experience of being watched and weighed, coded by nativity. — connects to: The going-Muslim trope denies assimilated Muslims any genuine integration into America — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 608
• QUESTION: Note how surveillance here is self-perceived (‘you just feel like everyone is now judging’) — an interesting case of racialization operating through felt scrutiny rather than documented acts.