It's All About Afrikaners.

       Once upon a time in the country of the Union of South Africa, there was a group of folk of European heritage who ruled the country completely. Even though these White folk were not native Africans, they alone had the rights of citizenship such as voting or holding office. Blacks who had lived in South Africa since the beginning of time still were not allowed to vote or hold office or live in White districts or even own land. These White people were called Afrikaners. Then one day it all changed and Black people were allowed to vote and own land and hold office. And South Africa didn't even come to an end. The country still exists.
       Now, in America we have a group of White people who believe that America is or should be only for people just like them. People who look just like them and think like them and no Hispanics or Blacks should be allowed to vote or become citizens. These folks like to be called Tea Partiers, but are really Amerikaners. It's actually a disservice to true Tea Party ideals. If you stood these Amerikaners side by side with the Afrikaners of old, you wouldn't be able to tell them apart. Not the way they look or in the way they think. There is virtually no difference between them.
       It's not really racism, they'll be the first to tell you they are not racist, and they really do believe that. They just think that America was set aside for the Whites and more specifically the ultra-conservative Whites and they are terrified of the changes they see coming in the makeup of our America.  So they have picked up the playbook of the Afrikaners and have added even more tricks to discourage the unwanted from voting or becoming citizens.
       The problem for these Amerikaners is that they started about a hundred and fifty years too late. America is changing and there just isn't any stopping it. Maybe in the short term these Amerikaners will enjoy some successes, but in the long term, change is coming. Get used to it. Even enjoy it. Because it's good for all of America, even Amerikaners.