Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity

Evidence

The Department of Homeland Security’s Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) is a collaborative project where federal, state, local, and tribal agencies gather information on suspicious behaviors that could be related to terrorism. In the case of post-­9/11 America, this distrust is rooted in xenophobic attitudes toward Islam and Muslims. Muslim Americans are treated differently than the rest of the population because they are categorized as potential terrorists and threats to Western values due to their religious identity. This justification of their surveillance is a part of their racialization. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 474 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Modern surveillance is structured by anti-Blackness — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2569; Airport profiling collapses religious identity and racial appearance into a single target — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 65; Trump’s agenda threatened Muslims through surveillance, registry, and civic repression — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 56 (+34 more)

Related

• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims (similarity 0.96)
• The NSI institutionalizes citizen participation in racialized surveillance of Muslims (similarity 0.93)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects (similarity 0.92)
• Support for a targeted minority doubles as surveillance and control of that minority (similarity 0.89)
• State surveillance jointly documents citizens and is justified by racialized religious identity (similarity 0.89)
• Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance. (similarity 0.89)
• The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance (similarity 0.89)
• Surveillance targets Muslim Americans based on religious identity regardless of citizenship (similarity 0.88)
• Surveillance targets a Muslim name, not religious belief, making it racial discrimination (similarity 0.87)
• The state authorizes citizens to racially profile Muslims under national security (similarity 0.87)
• The surveillance industry needs racialized Muslim bodies to justify its funding (similarity 0.87)
• Surveillance racializes Muslims by casting them as threats rather than protected citizens. (similarity 0.86)
• US surveillance systematically targets select bodies using racial cues (similarity 0.86)
• FBI surveillance drives Muslim congregations to self-police and Americanize (similarity 0.86)
• State surveillance policies intensify rather than suppress Muslim religious identity (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #corroborates (0.85)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.70)
• The NSI institutionalizes citizen participation in racialized surveillance of Muslims #expands (0.60) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 474
• The surveillance industry needs racialized Muslim bodies to justify its funding #expands (0.60)
• The hijab rather than skin tone triggers racializing surveillance of Muslim women #complicates (0.50) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 292