Ramadan Racisms

These are not stories about racism during Ramadan, the myriad ways non-Muslim Westerners make fasting deeply difficult by choosing ignorance about Islam. These are stories about how racisms are received differently, sit differently, become internalized differently because of Ramadan. I have little interest in re-centering white and Western perpetrators, and instead reflect on how the practice of Ramadan reshapes these felt experiences, which occur year round. I am writing for my Ummah, and thinking particularly about my darker skinned and less-Westernized kin who experience significantly more racism than I do.