White terror

White is the color taken up by the old nobility, counter-revolutionary nationalists, and other conservative forces during the 19th and 20th century. White terror is therefore the rule-by-terror (police raids, executions, and so on) of this group during a counter-revolutionary period. 
 
In the U.S., White Terror is also literally an expression of white supremacy and serves to reinforce it through police action, right-wing militias, and so forth.

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