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I don't buy this premise at all...
Kadath had nailed it as far as I can see... Pretty much anyone can agree that Neo-Nazi's are a safe villian.
Some notes:
Die Hard 1... a vaguely Germanic named but English accented "white" guy does not a neo-nazi make. He was a theif not a political terrorist... in fact he had a black safe cracker on his team. Hardly a neo-nazi
Leathal Weapon 2: The villians were Aparthied supporting South Africans... at the time it Racist South Africans were an agreeable target. Very few people in America would object.
Stare at the Sun... I think you are way over analyzing this "apparent" trend.
Hollywood likes to have villains that are easy to identify and usually rather one-dimensional. Posters have indicated the evil soviets in the Bond series... Who are Bond's enemies now? Media moguls, running amok, former cold-warriors that want to see the cold war continue, in the latest film... North Korea. They would have used Iraq but to close to reality perhaps.
In short they look at cotemporary culture for indication about who is easy to villify. Pretty much everyone can agree that racism is bad and hence racists are bad.
I suppose we could make things simpler and just go with giving the villain a black hat.
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