Response to Welborne et al.’s Review of Muslims in a Post-9/11 America: A Survey of Attitudes and Beliefs and their Implications for U.S. National Security Policy

Per the authors’ preference for more specified measures that identify the source of discrimination, in my chapter focusing on Muslim Americans’ relationship with law enforcement, I use a measure specifically designed to capture respondents’ expectations for whether law enforcement will treat a criminal suspect fairly, mirroring the work of Tom Tyler on procedural justice. [...]the authors note that my findings as they relate to Black Muslims deserve further investigation, especially in light of the Black Lives Matter movement. Consistent with my survey findings, mainstream Black interviewees felt their “know-how” and history of political activism could be helpful to immigrant Muslims under federal scrutiny, whereas immigrants, especially noncitizens, were more fearful of engaging with law enforcement due in part to their more vulnerable status in the country.