Performing Americanness forces Muslims to downplay or conceal their faith

Evidence

Because Muslim and American identities are constructed as opposable, any performance of Americanness requires downplaying Muslim identity. Devon Carbado and Mitu Gulati list some examples of Muslim American expressions of patriotism: “[A man] shaving before taking a plane trip. Or for a woman it might mean refraining from wearing a headscarf. For the family, it might mean placing an American flag outside the home. It also might mean refraining from doing the traditional Muslim prayers at work.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concretely operationalizes what ‘performing the good Muslim role’ means as daily behavioral costs — the lived texture of structural Islamophobia.
• XREF: Carbado and Gulati’s performing-identity framework cross-cuts with the racial-performance literatures the reader may know. — connects to: American tolerance of Muslims conditioned on their political quiescence and departure.; Hostile public scrutiny becomes internalized as the architecture of Muslim American identity; Anti-Muslim prejudice shapes Muslim-American identity formation from within — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 709 (+15 more)
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 343

Broader Connections

• Surveilled Muslim Americans internalize the state gaze through self-censure and modified dress #expands (0.70)
• Anti-Muslim prejudice shapes Muslim-American identity formation from within #expands (0.65) — Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy of…, 709
• Hostile public scrutiny becomes internalized as the architecture of Muslim American identity #expands (0.60)
• Private citizens surveil Muslim religious practice as a threat to American values. #expands (0.55)