The War on Terror racialized Muslim bodies to justify their surveillance

Evidence

In the decade after 9/11, the approach to law and order in the United States changed drastically with surveillance being a necessary and supported tactic in a society hyperconcerned with preventing another terrorist attack. Surveillance is the observation and monitoring of behaviors and actions that are deemed suspicious. The domestic and international War on Terror legitimizes the political and economic need for increased surveillance, resulting in the corporatization and federalization of surveillance. In other words, surveillance has become big business in the United States, where companies profit from surveillance technologies and tools, such as maintaining databases of information on the general public and then selling them to the government for purposes of security. A surveillance society can only survive as long as there is a need to monitor and observe bodies that threaten security. The War on Terror created conditions where Muslim bodies are racialized, justifying the need for their surveillance. But surveillance does not impact Muslim men and women in the same way; rather, surveillance is gendered, highlighting how racialization is also gendered. — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 29

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines surveillance as the observation and monitoring of behaviors deemed suspicious, establishing the book’s core concept.
• XREF: Connects to Beydoun’s and others’ work on the racialization of Muslims that the reader cited as cross-domain material. — connects to: Modern surveillance is structured by anti-Blackness — , The Braided Reading EPUB: 5-Year…, 2569; CVE engagement localized the Muslim-terrorism presumption on police and communities — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 328; Muslims are uniquely cast as counterterrorism soldiers while white Americans never are — Arsalan Iftikhar, Fear of a Muslim Planet_ Global…, 711 (+52 more)
• recurring: this claim recurs 3 times within its source

Broader Connections

• Surveillance racializes Muslims by casting them as threats rather than protected citizens. #corroborates (0.90) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 209
• Surveillance justified by religious identity constitutes racialization of Muslims #corroborates (0.85)
• Muslim religious identity becomes a racial category through surveillance. #corroborates (0.85)
• State-perpetuated fear racializes Muslim bodies as terrorist enemies #corroborates (0.85)
• Racializing Muslims as threats sustains a surveillance state with gendered effects #expands (0.80)
• Blanket accusations of Muslims justify state surveillance by identity #corroborates (0.80)
• The surveillance industry needs racialized Muslim bodies to justify its funding #expands (0.75)
• The surveillance industry depends on racialized Muslim bodies to stay funded #expands (0.75) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 671
• Racialized surveillance itself strips Muslims of substantive citizenship #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 658
• The hijab rather than skin tone triggers racializing surveillance of Muslim women #expands (0.70) — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 292
• Surveillance derives from country-of-origin priority lists that racialize Muslim identity #expands (0.70)
• Racialized religious signifiers trigger hostile surveillance interactions with state and citizens #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 650
• The NSI institutionalizes citizen participation in racialized surveillance of Muslims #expands (0.70) — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 474
• Racial battle fatigue extends to Muslims stressed by surveillance racialization #expands (0.65)
• Surveillance targets a Muslim name, not religious belief, making it racial discrimination #expands (0.65)