AOG
A couple of points.
1. The protests are letting Trump know that are vowing to defend civil liberties, gains and rights that have been hard fought for. If Trump had selected cabinet members who are broadly in favour of adhering to those rights, then there would be no need for these protests. If you think back to the elections of Bush, Clinton, Reagan and Obama - there wasn't this level of fear amongst the electorate. Possibly because all those Presidents won the popular vote, whereas Trump didn't. He won on the electoral college vote.
2. Obviously, you don't have to give details about your role in the UK Civil Rights movement, but out of curiosity - can you broadly explain your to fight for the right to sit where you wanted to on a bus, drink from a water fountain, and rent a house. I understand that life may have been difficult in the past of white British men, but I had no idea it was that difficult.