Fionn Whitehead as Tommy in "Dunkirk" (Credit: Warner Bros./Melinda Sue Gordon) We can’t consider the “Dunkirk” whitewashing controversy without at least mentioning the recent resurgence of white nationalism. From the election of Donald Trump and the upsurge of far-right violence that culminated last weekend in Charlottesville to parallel developments in Europe and the rest of the West, the world is discovering that racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism and xenophobia remain nearly as potent in 2017 as they were in 1940.