Asian Heritage Month Lecture: Forever Suspect: Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror

The aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11th brought on sweeping changes to the United States government's domestic and foreign policy with regards to criminal justice and national security.  Dr. Saher Selod, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Simmons College, examines how a religious identity has acquired racial meanings, resulting in the hyper surveillance of Muslim American citizens.  Personal accounts by Muslim Americans reveal that religious signifiers--such as the hijab (headscarf worn by women) or having a Muslim name--serve to racialize Muslim Americans as potential terrorists, consequently resulting in the heightened surveillance of Muslim bodies.

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