Visible markers made Armenians an easily targeted distinct group

Evidence

“Armenians were easily identified because they did not wear traditional Turkish clothes, lived in separate ‘neighborhoods,’ and attended church. Their rituals and traditions were obviously different from the Muslim Turks of the Ottoman Empire.” — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 18

Categorization

• DEFINE: Illustrates how classification/symbolization operate in practice—group markers that enable later targeting.
• XREF: connects to: CUP leaders applied all ten genocidal stages to Ottoman Armenians — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 22; Group visibility depends on physical markers or formal institutions; Ethnic communities are physically distinguishable and bonded by shared customs and history (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Group visibility depends on physical markers or formal institutions #expands (0.85)
• Group political visibility depends on physical or institutional markers rather than abstract status #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1926
• Ethnic communities are physically distinguishable and bonded by shared customs and history #expands (0.80)
• Ottoman Armenians faced legalized second-class status through discriminatory laws #corroborates (0.80) — Gregory H. Stanton, Ten Stages of Genocide, 18
• Visual markers of Muslim identity are treated as interchangeable signs of threat #complicates (0.75) — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 452