Among racist groups in the United States, one of them consists of group collected of racist skinheads. Martinez and Selepak explain that these groups “are made up of young white males, bound together through a culture of hatred of outgroup members”, continuing that “members of racist skinhead groups are violent and commit indiscriminate acts of brutality against minorities, homosexuals, non-racist skinhead whites, and the government.” Racist skinheads first emerged in England, primarily in the working-class of East London, in the late 1960’s (Martinez and Selepak). The original concept of skinhead ideology was that it “represented a male, working-class reaction to changes in class and gender roles associated with the hippie movement, and
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Antiracism, gay rights, feminism, and multiculturalism are all perceived as enemies of the status quo” (Blazak). Racist skinheads mostly focus their displeasure on Jews, African Americans and other persons of color, gay men and lesbians, and feminists (Blee). Skinheads mostly recruit and target white kids who “feel ‘left out’, isolated, unpopular, or on the fringe or margin of things at school” along with those who are “experiencing strain due to the inability to achieve positively valued goals or who are presented with noxious stimuli” (Blazak). One of the reasons why many young white males are drawn to the skinhead group is because they can depend on a group of colleagues with similar ideologies against their minority peers and even have a solution to solve their frustration, even if the outcome is usually violent. The Neo-Nazi organization is also a prominent racist group in the United States. Neo-Nazi groups and skinheads are intertwined; in that usually skinheads who reach adulthood go on to join the Neo-Nazi groups, due to members being exposed to more ideologies of different organizations
Antiracism, gay rights, feminism, and multiculturalism are all perceived as enemies of the status quo” (Blazak). Racist skinheads mostly focus their displeasure on Jews, African Americans and other persons of color, gay men and lesbians, and feminists (Blee). Skinheads mostly recruit and target white kids who “feel ‘left out’, isolated, unpopular, or on the fringe or margin of things at school” along with those who are “experiencing strain due to the inability to achieve positively valued goals or who are presented with noxious stimuli” (Blazak). One of the reasons why many young white males are drawn to the skinhead group is because they can depend on a group of colleagues with similar ideologies against their minority peers and even have a solution to solve their frustration, even if the outcome is usually violent. The Neo-Nazi organization is also a prominent racist group in the United States. Neo-Nazi groups and skinheads are intertwined; in that usually skinheads who reach adulthood go on to join the Neo-Nazi groups, due to members being exposed to more ideologies of different organizations