Zohran Mamdani and Atmospheric Islamophobia:

the war in Gaza and Mr Mamdani’s campaign have legitimised and emboldened what he calls “liberal Islamophobia”.
Jihan Abdalla • Islamophobia goes mainstream in the US with Zohran Mamdani set to become New York's mayor | The National
While white Americans fetishize the idea of living in racial harmony, they don’t think about the millions of instances of antiblack sentiment—overt and subtle—we encounter on a daily basis from the white world that has opened its doors to us but has done little remodeling.
Michael O. Emerson • The Religion of Whiteness
