Stateless people cling to clothing symbols as territorial claims

Evidence

For Palestinian kids in American high schools, their keffiyahs matter. Unlike other kids, they don’t have a country to lay claim to so they hold tightly to their symbols. “Some people have do-rags,” Akram said. “We have our hattas.” — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 486 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Stateless groups cling to symbolic dress as substitute for national territory — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 486; Peoples without states fell back on language and ethnicity as national identity; Preindustrial cities law-coded minority dress to mark them as outcastes (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Stateless groups cling to symbolic dress as substitute for national territory #expands (0.95) — Moustafa Bayoumi, How Does It Feel to Be a Problem? Being…, 486
• Peoples without states fell back on language and ethnicity as national identity #complicates (0.72)