A backlash is a popular extreme negative reaction against something that has gaine popularity, prominence, or influence. While sometimes a backlash represents a categorical rejection of the idea, aesthetic, product, or fad in question, it often is more reflective of a collective resentment of that thing's ubiquity in culture and media, more than its mere existence. The term is commonly applied to racial discrimination and religious discrimination committed against members of minority groups in response to an event or circumstance, such as the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Backlash also refers to 'victim blaming' which occurs when people in the environment erroneously shift blame from the perpetrators of crimes to the victims and/or further blame the victims for resulting controversies and conflicts after the crime is reported or discovered. Backlash in these circumstances is often a result of inaccurate speculations and conclusions that the victim must be at fault for the crime that was committed. The victim may also be accused of trying to get attention, covering for incompetence, or lying when reporting a crime. Certain "old school" attitudes pressure victims to "keep their mouths shut" about certain crimes or suffer further consequences.