Postwar US imperialism, not older white supremacy, created the racialized Muslim threat.

Evidence

Two international factors interact with two domestic factors to produce this outcome. American imperial designs and Orientalism interact with coercive assimilationism of immigrants and White Protestant supremacy. The interplay of these four factors produce five typologies of the Racial Muslim: (1) Religious Dissident, (2) Religious, (3) Secular Dissident, (4) Secular, and (5) Former Muslim. The typology partially explains the interplay between the state’s prioritization of certain Muslims in national security enforcement, on the one hand, and individual identity performances by Muslims seeking to avoid the material and dignitary harms arising from racialization, on the other. — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 80 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Postwar empire-building and the Israel partnership produced the racialized Arab terrorist category — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 91; Material imperial domination, not ideology, created the racialized terrorist threat. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 253; American imperialism, Orientalism, coercive assimilation, and White supremacy jointly produce racialized Muslim categories — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 80 (+16 more)

Broader Connections

• US anti-Muslim racism emerged only with America’s imperial power in the Middle East #corroborates (0.95)
• American imperialism, Orientalism, coercive assimilation, and White supremacy jointly produce racialized Muslim categories #complicates (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 80