Racecraft fuses religious, gendered, and appearance cues into a single subordinated identity

Evidence

One way to cut through the confusion is to first recognize a theory of the formation of a subject identity through the operation of racism and racecraft. Religious markers, gender and class, and the appearance of difference from whiteness, such as a turban, name, or skin color, come together to create this subordinated cosynthetic identity. However, not all these factors need to be present. Like all racial identities, there will be individual variation, but the theory captures the internal dynamism of the identity. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 100

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines the ‘cosynthetic identity’ produced by racecraft toward Muslims - the core conceptual apparatus of her argument.
• XREF: Directly comparable to Aziz’s ‘Racial Muslim’ framing - here the mechanism is named as racecraft producing a cosynthetic identity rather than sociolegal construction. — connects to: Racecraft’s real function is preserving racial hierarchy; Religious identity functions as a racial marker within American hierarchies — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim: When Racism Quashes…, 71; Race operates to tie culture, body, and behavior together (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Race is a medium that transforms contingent attributes into supposed essences #expands (0.86) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 106
• Race operates to tie culture, body, and behavior together #expands (0.84)
• Racecraft naturalizes hierarchy so the subordinated consent to their own subordination #expands (0.83) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 461
• Racecraft’s real function is preserving racial hierarchy #expands (0.82)
• Religious identity can become racialized by imputing biological and cultural inferiority #exemplifies (0.82) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 712
• Religious identity functions as a racial marker within American hierarchies #exemplifies (0.80) — Sahar F. Aziz, The Racial Muslim, 71
• Cultural and political shifts can racialize religious identity #exemplifies (0.78) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 150