Muslims have always been, and still remain, black. The claim that “Muslims are the new blacks” ignores the extensive history of black Muslims in the United States, and ignores the very existence of black Muslim communities, indigenous and immigrant, today.

DEFINE: Clarifies that the trope 'Muslims are the new blacks' erases actual black Muslim history and presence — both indigenous and immigrant.

Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Unde…, loc. 419