Beyond the Conflation of Color and Creed: Whiteness in Muslim America

• In Event: 174 - Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Roundtables (one-hour)
  In Refereed Roundtable: Table 18. Racialization and Religious Boundaries

Abstract

The intersection of race and religion has been studied in a number of ways in sociology but critical gaps remain. Through a review of literature on whiteness, color-blindness, and the racialization of Muslims, this paper argues that the gaps in these literatures can be filled by putting them in conversation with one another through an examination of the relationship between whiteness and being Muslim. This area of study is ripe for empirical research that would contribute to sociological knowledge on the relationship between race and religion including their interaction in the construction of the US racial order.

Author

• Atiya F. Husain, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill