Truman-era aid was justified by racial stereotypes about Arab unreliability

Evidence

After the fall of communism, America no longer needed to demonstrate that it was welcoming of people of color as it did during World War II. During that period, many Muslim populations in Asia and Africa were struggling for 167. — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 236 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: US policymakers framed Arabs as racially predisposed to extremism in designing foreign aid. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 383; Truman-era aid policy racialized Arabs as irresponsible extremists by nature; US cold-war policymakers racialized Arabs as inherently prone to extremism (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• US cold-war policymakers racialized Arabs as inherently prone to extremism #expands (0.95)
• Cold War competition had made America court Muslims as people of color #complicates (0.75) — Cyra Akila Choudhury, Racecraft and Identity in the Emergence…, 236