Racial identity shapes whether the same clothing provokes bans

Evidence

The outlawing of the burkini day in Marseille prevented a group of local Muslim women from using their local public swimming pool simply because brown Muslim women wanted to wear the same swimwear that a white woman named Nigella Lawson had worn freely without any controversy whatsoever. — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 381

Categorization

  • XREF: Directly extends the Beydoun-Nazir race/religion intersection and the carceral logic found in his US work to a European setting, exactly the cross-country link this capstone needs. — connects to: Misrecognition of minority identities inflicts real damage on those so mirrored.; Religious identity can be racialized when signifiers trigger profiling; Ordinary fashion choices become racial markers on hijabi bodies — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 412 (+8 more)
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 381

Broader Connections