Non-black Muslims celebrate black Muslims in ways that erase their blackness.

Evidence

Despite constant and conspiring efforts to erase their existence, black Muslims do exist, and they occupy the intersection where mounting anti-black racism and Islamophobia collide. Too often, non-black Muslim Americans only acknowledge the existence of black Muslims when celebrating their excellence, which, ironically, is often done in terms that entirely eclipse their blackness with their Muslimness. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 420

Categorization

• DEFINE: Introduces the concept of ‘erasure’ as performed by in-group members — a distinct mechanism from state-erased surveillance.
• XREF: Shows the dialectic operating WITHIN the Muslim community, not just between state and society — parallels the private/structural dynamic from working vocabulary. — connects to: Non-black Muslims perform anti-black racism to claim proximity to whiteness. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 442; Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437; Media and scholarship doubly erase black American Muslims’ existence and voices. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 452 (+2 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 420

Broader Connections

• Ali’s funeral replicated the erasure black Muslims have long endured. #exemplifies (0.90) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 418
• Non-black Muslims perform anti-black racism to claim proximity to whiteness. #corroborates (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 442
• Media and scholarship doubly erase black American Muslims’ existence and voices. #corroborates (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 452
• Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization #complicates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437
• Immigrant Muslims aided the state in delegitimizing black Muslims. #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 440