Searched Muslims perceive airport stops as deliberate, not random, and the certainty wounds them.

Evidence

Leila: My mother-in-law was stopped when we went to California, just her and I. She wears the hijab and all they wanted her to do was take off her jacket, but she had worn a sleeveless shirt underneath, she told them “No I can’t.” They said, “Well, we have to search you then.” Well, she got really upset about it… . She felt it was not random and that it was on purpose. And I just told her to take it easy and don’t let them get the better of you. And it really took her a few days to get over it, because she was very, very upset about it. Nobody feels that it is random. And I think that is the hardest part. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 229

Categorization

• QUESTION: The hijab-wearing woman refused to remove her jacket to avoid exposing her sleeveless shirt — a modesty-respecting search refusal that backfired into a full search. Worth chasing how modesty norms collide with security protocol.
• SHARE: The detail that she’d rather endure a search than expose bare arms under her jacket — a small act of bodily decorum overriding practical compliance — matches the reading purpose’s interest in how the fear touches bodies.