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A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youths in London, England, in the 1960s. It soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working-class skinhead movement emerging worldwide in the late 1970s. Motivated by social alienation and working-class solidarity, skinheads are defined by ...
Racist skinheads will often randomly attack non-whites to "earn" their red laces. Spider web tattoo: Racist skinhead "badge of honor," often worn on the elbow, indicating wearer has committed murder for the skinhead movement. SHARP: Short for Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice, commonly known as SHARP skins, who often battle racist skins.
The skinheads received extensive media attention in Britain in 1969–70, following appeals from Pakistanis living in the country for protection from skinhead attacks. Although many skinheads were prone to violence, others viewed their subculture primarily as an expression of alternative values and communal solidarity and were more interested ...
Sick of the hippie movement’s empty promises and the austerity that pervaded the British government, skinheads emerged in 1960s London and rallied around one thing: to wear their working-class status as a point of pride. But it was only a matter of time before radical right-wing politics buried that mission in favor of neo-Nazism.
Skinheads reflected this new influence by combining the exaggerated imagery of the original skinhead style with punk. They took the boots and suspenders and jeans of the late 1960s and added closser-cropped hair, bomber jackets, and tattoos. The popularity of the 2Tone movement helped spread the look of skinheads to all parts of the United Kingdom.
Skinheads also adopted the sound of young Jamaica in the form of ska and blue beat, so close was the affinity of skinheads with ska and reggae that records aimed specifically at this market began to be released with lyrics and song titles that specifically referenced the scene. At the turn of the decade the look continued to develop.
Skinheads: a photogenic, extremist corner of British youth culture. If you are old enough to remember London in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Derek Ridgers' new book Skinheads 1979-1984 is a ...
