The surveillance industry depends on racialized Muslim bodies to stay funded

Evidence

There are political, economic, and social motivations behind the process of racialization. For example, the need to maintain a surveillance industry is driven by the idea that terrorism is one of the greatest threats to Americans. This surveillance industry needs bodies to watch and monitor; therefore racializing a Muslim body as a potential terrorist becomes a necessity to keep the surveillance industry well resourced. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 671

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s map of how the security state manufactures a threat population to justify its own budget — parallels COINTELPRO-era dynamics. — connects to: Modern surveillance is structured by anti-Blackness — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2569; The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 29; US surveillance systematically targets select bodies using racial cues — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 94 (+9 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 2 times within its source

Broader Connections

• The surveillance industry needs racialized Muslim bodies to justify its funding #corroborates (0.95)
• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #qualifies (0.50)