The ‘Muslims are the new blacks’ claim erases black Muslims’ longstanding existence.

Evidence

Muslims have always been, and still remain, black. The claim that “Muslims are the new blacks” ignores the extensive history of black Muslims in the United States, and ignores the very existence of black Muslim communities, indigenous and immigrant, today. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 419

Categorization

• XREF: Direct rebuttal of a common post-9/11 pundit talking point — useful contrast point to the historical grounding in early chapters. — connects to: Media and scholarship doubly erase black American Muslims’ existence and voices. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 452; Comparing Muslims to blacks erases that African Americans are the largest American-born Muslim group; Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437 (+4 more)
• SEED: Possible essay angle: how the ‘Muslims are the new blacks’ framing itself performs erasure even while claiming solidarity.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 419

Broader Connections

• Media and scholarship doubly erase black American Muslims’ existence and voices. #expands (0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 452
• Comparing Muslims to blacks erases that African Americans are the largest American-born Muslim group #expands (0.80)
• Institutions exploit black Muslims through erasure, demonization, and delegitimization #expands (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 437
• Black American Muslims suffer compounded vulnerability from converging anti-Black racism and Islamophobia #complicates (0.55) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 460
• African American Muslims are the largest Muslim American plurality yet stay marginalized. #corroborates (0.50) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 451
• Anti-black racism and Islamophobia fuse to intensify policing of black Muslims. #complicates (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 453
• Black Muslims constitute one-fourth of the Muslim population yet are excluded from leadership. #corroborates (0.40) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 449