Political Islamophobia’s modern form began with Obama’s 2008 presidential election.
Evidence
In many ways, the modern-day birth of political Islamophobia started with the 2008 election of a black man named Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency of the United States. Simply because he was African American with an unusual name, the election of the forty-fourth president allowed the forces of hate—as well as many amoral opportunists—to coalesce around a new kind of target. A new kind of “other.” — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 235
Categorization
- XREF: A dated origin point for the reader’s global-synthesis capstone; connects to the ‘present-wound cluster’ framing in the reading purpose. — connects to: Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436; Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576; Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum (+8 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 235
Broader Connections
- Liberal Islamophobia under Obama worsened conditions for Muslims at home and abroad
#expands(0.80) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 436 - Islamophobia predates Trump by centuries as a state-backed system
#qualifies(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 79 - Anti-Muslim racialization is bipartisan and flourished under the Obama administration
#expands(0.70) - Islamophobia predates organized networks and serves structural functions across the political spectrum
#qualifies(0.60) - Islamophobia is political rather than religious and must be fought politically
#expands(0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 576 - Democratic and Republican parties practice different but complementary forms of Islamophobia
#expands(0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 327 - Obama’s counter-radicalization strategy turned Muslim communities into informants
#exemplifies(0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 582 - Muslim Americans voted overwhelmingly for Obama yet gained no relief
#exemplifies(0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 577 - Muslim American experiences refute the postracial Obama-era claim of colorblindness
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