Power protects covert anti-Muslim racism from any confrontation.

Evidence

Along with other Muslim or South Asian students, I was the target of repeated attempts to derail our academic career and mental wellbeing. … The research tutor actively made anti-Muslim or racist comments behind our backs, but nobody would confront him because of his power. In front of others he would make certain comments about my beliefs or origins that were easily veiled as ‘banter’ or seemed completely innocuous to those unaware of what he was trying to do. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 509

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the mask-of-banter reading of racism; ‘easily veiled as banter’ is a concrete instance of the coded, deniable signalling that the definitional debate must capture but that Bleich-style survey measures would miss. — connects to: Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 312; No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims; Modern racism against Muslims persists through more polite, euphemistic policy language — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 749 (+2 more)

Related

• No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims (similarity 0.80)
• Anti-Muslim racism’s power lies in unexamined assumptions presented as fact. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Modern racism against Muslims persists through more polite, euphemistic policy language #corroborates (0.90) — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 749
• Anti-Muslim prejudice is considered more socially acceptable than any other group’s #corroborates (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 312
• No other group faces such unchecked denigration as Muslims #corroborates (0.80)
• Islamophobic power can deploy oppositional tactics to advance Muslim marginalization #expands (0.80)
• Airline accommodation of passenger racism signals Muslims are unworthy of protection #exemplifies (0.80) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 336