Persecution secretly hopes to erase its own last trace

Evidence

Muslim Americans like Nora, driven by fear to conform, cover, or conceal their Muslim identity, may diminish the prospect of suspicion from the state or backlash from bigots, but in doing so they are complicit in supporting the very mission Islamophobia aims to advance—eroding and eliminating every manifestation of Islam, until it is gone from America altogether. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Self-concealment by fearful Muslims inadvertently advances Islamophobia’s erasure mission — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540; Erasing a group’s past erases its claim on the nation-state

Broader Connections

• Self-concealment by fearful Muslims inadvertently advances Islamophobia’s erasure mission #exemplifies (0.82) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 540
• Erasing a group’s past erases its claim on the nation-state #expands (0.78)