Islamophobia Spring 24 Study Guide-Questions with Correct
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Slave Patrols (Primary purpose)
To capture and return escaped slaves. Also served a broader disciplinary function of keeping
slaves in a constant state of fear.
Essentially the first US police force
Slave Patrols (tactics)
- Patrolling roads, plantations, and public areas
- physical violence like whippings
- tracking down of runaways
Slave Patrol (consequences)
dehumanization of enslaved and reinforcement of the power dynamics of slavery (racial
hierarchies, white supremacy, etc.)
- implications in modern day policing (which is biased)
Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" (main argument)
people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary conflict in the post-Cold War
world
Clash of civilizations - relevant historical period
post-Cold War
Soviet-Afghan war, which created a generation of fighters that perceived the West as a
threat to their way of life, and the first Gulf War , which was interpreted as a war between
Islam and Christianity, are described as the emergence of civilization wars
Critiques of the Clash of Civilizations
Bazian: Muslims and Islam are used as instruments to forge internal cohesion within the US
which Huntington believes is missing at present and needed to maintain and extend
America's power.
Said: Clash of ignorance, not civilizations; Huntington overlooks diversity within groups
, Sen: the categorization by religion is not representative of other divisions of society such as
class, politics, geography, etc. which creates a one-dimensional view of these groups and
magnifies the voices of religious authorities
Anti-terrorism act of 1996
Resurrected principle of guilt by association in both criminal and immigration law. If you
were associated with a terrorist-related organization, you were then punishable by the
same measures of actually committing a terrorist offense
Principle not seen since Japanese internment camps
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: Red Scare/McCarthyism
Red Scare/McCarthyism: unfair investigation and accusation of alleged communists.
- FBI distributed anonymous documents with evidence of communist affiliations to teachers,
lawyers, and others who fired the accused without any further process
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: COINTEL PRO/Black Panter
(60s/70s): special counter-intelligence program aimed at exposing, discrediting, and
neutralizing black nationalists.
- FBI engaged in psychological tactics, smeared individuals with forged documents and
planted reports in the media, unlawful violence, and assassination
- killed 8 Black Panther Party members and imprisoned another 750
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: Muslim communities
Investigation into Palestinian activists in the 90s
- anyone donating money to Palestine is funding terrorism
More recently, FBI has questioned several students and professors based on information
and propaganda obtained from Canary Mission
Zone 1 of Islamophobia
Terrorism Zone: countries that accept multiculturalism, but focus on countering extremism
and terrorism through surveillance and preemptive prosecution, material support, and
entrapment cases
Countries include the US, English speaking parts of Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand,
parts of Western Europe.
Answers/Verified
Slave Patrols (Primary purpose)
To capture and return escaped slaves. Also served a broader disciplinary function of keeping
slaves in a constant state of fear.
Essentially the first US police force
Slave Patrols (tactics)
- Patrolling roads, plantations, and public areas
- physical violence like whippings
- tracking down of runaways
Slave Patrol (consequences)
dehumanization of enslaved and reinforcement of the power dynamics of slavery (racial
hierarchies, white supremacy, etc.)
- implications in modern day policing (which is biased)
Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" (main argument)
people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary conflict in the post-Cold War
world
Clash of civilizations - relevant historical period
post-Cold War
Soviet-Afghan war, which created a generation of fighters that perceived the West as a
threat to their way of life, and the first Gulf War , which was interpreted as a war between
Islam and Christianity, are described as the emergence of civilization wars
Critiques of the Clash of Civilizations
Bazian: Muslims and Islam are used as instruments to forge internal cohesion within the US
which Huntington believes is missing at present and needed to maintain and extend
America's power.
Said: Clash of ignorance, not civilizations; Huntington overlooks diversity within groups
, Sen: the categorization by religion is not representative of other divisions of society such as
class, politics, geography, etc. which creates a one-dimensional view of these groups and
magnifies the voices of religious authorities
Anti-terrorism act of 1996
Resurrected principle of guilt by association in both criminal and immigration law. If you
were associated with a terrorist-related organization, you were then punishable by the
same measures of actually committing a terrorist offense
Principle not seen since Japanese internment camps
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: Red Scare/McCarthyism
Red Scare/McCarthyism: unfair investigation and accusation of alleged communists.
- FBI distributed anonymous documents with evidence of communist affiliations to teachers,
lawyers, and others who fired the accused without any further process
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: COINTEL PRO/Black Panter
(60s/70s): special counter-intelligence program aimed at exposing, discrediting, and
neutralizing black nationalists.
- FBI engaged in psychological tactics, smeared individuals with forged documents and
planted reports in the media, unlawful violence, and assassination
- killed 8 Black Panther Party members and imprisoned another 750
How FBI disregarded civil liberties: Muslim communities
Investigation into Palestinian activists in the 90s
- anyone donating money to Palestine is funding terrorism
More recently, FBI has questioned several students and professors based on information
and propaganda obtained from Canary Mission
Zone 1 of Islamophobia
Terrorism Zone: countries that accept multiculturalism, but focus on countering extremism
and terrorism through surveillance and preemptive prosecution, material support, and
entrapment cases
Countries include the US, English speaking parts of Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand,
parts of Western Europe.
