Mainstream appeals for tolerance signaled an impending anti-Muslim backlash

Evidence

I heard Peter Jennings, a Canadian American television reporter for ABC, urging Americans to refrain from expressing their anger toward Muslims or Middle Easterners. While it brought some comfort to hear him say this, it also instilled fear in me because I knew Muslims would have to brace themselves for the impending backlash. — Saher Selod, Forever Suspect_ Racialized…, 16