one reason for the rise of the whitelash is due to the Obama presidency.  Obama had placed many blacks in prominent positions in the federal government and many of his policies were to benefit the poor black people (foodstamps, increased unemployment benefits, obamacare, etc. even though they benefitted the poor whites too.  hence, the white supremacists felt left out and discriminated.  trumpy had capitalized on this silent rebellion by the white supremacists and used the moniker "make America great again" substituted for the real reason of "make American white again."  the whites felt that American was becoming too brown and wanted whites to control America instead of minorities.  as minorities we must resist this effort, we are americans just like the wasps and under the constitution we have equal rights.