most Gen Z racism/sexism was largely a performative joke inspired by South Park and similar. But some casual observers, like this NeoGAF user as early as March 2017 (link), correctly saw a future in which bad actors would push a much larger chunk of young men into more serious hatred. >
After a seeming false start with Charlottesville, the gr*ypers eight years later have more or less succeeded. The trend is still eminently fightable, but there just aren't enough *nonbigoted* young men with major platforms fighting it (and now, in Trump II, captured media is blocked from assisting).