From the beginning of the Skinheads it wasn’t just about the nazi, white race, and the white supremacist groups. It all began in Kingston, Jamaica where the Rude boys originated from. To the immigrants of United Kingdom that changed from the Rude boys to the Mods. Then even further across the globe to the United States where it is more known as the Neo-Nazi skinheads. These groups are all apart of the skinhead subculture. The Rude boys “was originally used to describe the less fortunate communities throughout Kingston town in the late 50’s”(Natividad 2012). Then, over time this named transformed from a descriptive word into a name for a sub-culture in Kingston, Jamaica. This Rude boy label was put onto this younger group of men and women
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With the change in the economy, there was a new group that came from the mainstream mods. These are the Hard Mods that were the first changed in the British culture. They went to a high fashion to a more different look. This subculture “carried on aspects of mods fashion such as Fred Perry‟s and Levi‟s jeans and mixed them with working class accessories such as braces and Dr. Martins”(Mods 2014). This is the event that leads this sub-culture to the more modern name that is known as …show more content…
Faddishness is the way the group looks like or can be identified. They also must be an abnormal way or a different way of looking than just a normal person. Such like gangs wearing colors to represent what gang, they are in. With Goth wearing black clothing to show them a part of that group. The Skinheads have some very different or descent ways of dressing or looking. Skinheads have some appearances to them that are different then others. They have a dress code that shows that they are in the sub-culture. They wear black boots, jeans, and most of all have hair that is cut down to the sculpt. Making them easy to spot and know who they are. The other different way to identify skinheads are tattoos. These are not just regular tattoos, these tattoos show the nazi symbol and with any white power symbols. These very different ways of making themselves show their commitment to the brotherhood. Having these tattoos from head to toe is a way to show what rank or things they have
With the change in the economy, there was a new group that came from the mainstream mods. These are the Hard Mods that were the first changed in the British culture. They went to a high fashion to a more different look. This subculture “carried on aspects of mods fashion such as Fred Perry‟s and Levi‟s jeans and mixed them with working class accessories such as braces and Dr. Martins”(Mods 2014). This is the event that leads this sub-culture to the more modern name that is known as …show more content…
Faddishness is the way the group looks like or can be identified. They also must be an abnormal way or a different way of looking than just a normal person. Such like gangs wearing colors to represent what gang, they are in. With Goth wearing black clothing to show them a part of that group. The Skinheads have some very different or descent ways of dressing or looking. Skinheads have some appearances to them that are different then others. They have a dress code that shows that they are in the sub-culture. They wear black boots, jeans, and most of all have hair that is cut down to the sculpt. Making them easy to spot and know who they are. The other different way to identify skinheads are tattoos. These are not just regular tattoos, these tattoos show the nazi symbol and with any white power symbols. These very different ways of making themselves show their commitment to the brotherhood. Having these tattoos from head to toe is a way to show what rank or things they have