Passing into whiteness pressured every racialized group, not just Muslim immigrants

Evidence

More historical research needs to be done to unearth how some Asians passed as Black, as mentioned above. In addition, we have the odd story of African Americans who passed as Indians, such as Korla Pandit, a famous jazz musician. Morgan goes on to opine about the realities of taking on the burdens of Blackness. While the critique of Asians and Arabs identifying with whiteness is apt, it should be noted that Blacks themselves passing into whiteness was not an uncommon occurrence. The pressure to assimilate into whiteness and gain its advantages acted on all racialized groups. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 190

Categorization

• XREF: Korla Pandit passing as Indian connects to the odd histories of racial passing raised in racial-formation and passing scholarship. — connects to: Pressure to pass into whiteness acted on all racialized groups; Whiteness was defined through exclusion of non-black immigrant groups too.; European immigrants became white by projecting lost freedoms onto racialized others. (+14 more)

Broader Connections

• Pressure to pass into whiteness acted on all racialized groups #expands (0.97)
• Southern and eastern European immigrants were racialized before entering whiteness after WWII #exemplifies (0.94) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 227
• Whiteness was defined through exclusion of non-black immigrant groups too. #expands (0.93)
• Arab and Muslim immigrants deliberately pursued legal whiteness despite easier Blackness claims #exemplifies (0.92) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 189
• European immigrants held an intermediate racial status and were induced to become white #exemplifies (0.90) — Michael Omi, Howard Winant, Racial Formation in the United States, 40
• European immigrants became white by projecting lost freedoms onto racialized others. #expands (0.88)
• Muslim immigrants preferred strained whiteness arguments over an easier Blackness claim #exemplifies (0.88)
• Lighter skin and Westernized names let some Muslims pass as white #exemplifies (0.88)
• Assimilation lets some ethnic groups become White but never Blacks #qualifies (0.87) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 381
• Religious assimilation granted Whiteness, but phenotype permanently blocked non-White converts #qualifies (0.87)
• Muslim racialization into Whiteness depends on phenotype and skin color #qualifies (0.85)
• European immigrants were racially stratified despite sharing legal Whiteness #qualifies (0.85) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 386
• Muslims are racialized as a social group rather than a religious one #qualifies (0.83)
• Converting to Islam causes white people to be reracialized as non-white #exemplifies (0.82) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 89
• Passing as white let converts overhear anti-Muslim bigotry aimed at visible Muslims. #exemplifies (0.80) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 933