Skin is the organ most often used to mark monstrosity, from yellow to black

Evidence

There is also room to understand that race is not simply about skin tone; culture can also race bodies. Garner and Selod argue, “The process of racialization entails ascribing sets of characteristics viewed as inherent to members of a group because of their physical or cultural traits. These are not limited to skin tone or pigmentation, but include a myriad of attributes including cultural traits such as language, clothing, and religious practices” (2015: 4). This targeting of cultural attributes and practices as racialized markers of difference is especially salient in the case of Muslims in America. Furthermore, culture is often gendered. For us to truly uncover how bodies acquire racial meaning, it is important to understand how the process of racialization is gendered and has gendered consequences. For example, religious practices, such as gender segregation in mosques, are treated as evidence of the misogyny of Muslim men rather than understood within the context of religious doctrine. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 89 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The hijab functions like skin tone by marking bodies as racial others; Cultural and religious practices can racialize a body just as skin tone does — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 89

Related

• Cultural and religious practices can racialize a body just as skin tone does (similarity 0.90)
• Cultural and religious practices become racialized markers treated as inherent traits. (similarity 0.87)
• Muslim identity gets racialized through names and clothing, not only skin tone (similarity 0.85)
• The hijab functions like skin tone by marking bodies as racial others (similarity 0.84)
• The hijab functions like skin tone in racializing Muslim women’s bodies. (similarity 0.83)
• Racialization operates through cultural traits and social interactions, not only physical cues. (similarity 0.83)
• Cultural racism substitutes cultural difference for biological difference as a racial logic (similarity 0.82)
• Muslim women manage their hijab’s color to prevent racialization of their bodies. (similarity 0.82)
• The hijab triggers routine searches while skin tone only does in crises (similarity 0.82)
• Racial identification is learned, not observed in skin color. (similarity 0.81)
• Cultural traits like language, clothing, and religious practice can racialize a group. (similarity 0.81)
• The hijab overrides whiteness as a racializing agent on any wearer. (similarity 0.81)
• Gender shapes both how Muslims are racialized and how they respond (similarity 0.81)
• Muslim Arabs move away from whiteness regardless of actual skin tone (similarity 0.80)
• Muslims move down the racial hierarchy rather than becoming a new race (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Cultural and religious practices can racialize a body just as skin tone does #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 89
• The hijab functions like skin tone by marking bodies as racial others #corroborates (0.60)