Racialized surveillance denies Muslim Americans the individuality citizenship requires.

Evidence

One of the consequences of this racialization is the denial of individuality. Muslim Americans are denied their individuality in public spaces and are forced to navigate society within the confines of an externally imposed collective identity. Because individualism is a key characteristic of American citizenship, when people are denied their individuality but instead are treated as a collective, they do not enjoy the privileges that citizenship should afford. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 546

The accountability for all Muslims felt by Muslim women who wear the hijab is so powerful that it can have an impact on Muslim children as well. In a post-9/11 society, Muslim children are growing up with the awareness that their religious identity is under constant scrutiny. Reema’s statement reveals the pressure Muslim kids are placed under because of this public surveillance. They are raised feeling a responsibility to demonstrate they are good people, because it will counter the negative associations that the public has with Islam. Racialized surveillance can become deeply internalized when Muslim American children are taught to self-discipline and self-surveil. At a young age, Muslim American youth are learning they are not like other American children but are held to different standards. One of the consequences of this racialization is the denial of individuality. Muslim Americans are denied their individuality in public spaces and are forced to navigate society within the confines of an externally imposed collective identity. Because individualism is a key characteristic of American citizenship, when people are denied their individuality but instead are treated as a collective, they do not enjoy the privileges that citizenship should afford. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 393

Categorization

• DEFINE: This is a core ‘how does a faith get racialized’ move: racialization collapses an individual into a collectively monitored category, undermining a constitutive feature of citizenship.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s Global Racial Enemy slot map — this is the mechanism by which a faith becomes a racialized collective category rather than a private identity. — connects to: American citizenship offers no protection from targeted drone assassination — Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone, 848; Islamophobic discourse denies Muslims the status of ordinary citizens; Citizenship offers Muslims little protection against CVE policing — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 412 (+9 more)
• ADDENDUM: The denial-of-individuality mechanism parallels Civil Rights-era arguments that racialized surveillance barred Black Americans from the individual privileges of citizenship.
• corroborated: 4 independent passages support this claim — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 546; Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 393
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• The surveillance gaze denies Muslim Americans the psychological privileges of citizenship #expands (0.70)
• Being treated as a collective denies Muslims the privileges of citizenship. #expands (0.65)
• Racialized surveillance itself strips Muslims of substantive citizenship #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 658
• Muslim Americans hold nominal but reduced substantive citizenship #expands (0.60) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1344
• Fear of state detention and deportation corrodes Muslim Americans’ sense of citizenship #expands (0.60)
• Citizenship itself is racialized, protecting some citizens while criminalizing Muslim Americans. #expands (0.55)
• Muslim citizenship in America is negated by religious identity after crises #expands (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 340