Skinhead is a member of a subculture that. originated among working class youngsters in London, England. It started to grow in 1960s and shortly after spread to the other parts of United Kingdom. In 1980 skinhead subculture was spreading worldwide with second working class skinhead movement. Skinheads, defined by their shaved. or short trimmed hair and working-class clothing such as boots, braces, high-ankle straight jeans and simple shirts, were motivated by. social alienation, expression of. alternate values and working-class solidarity. Skinheads were known for rioting against 1950s-early and 1960s strictness. and conservatism. Hippies and other peace and love movements were also being rejected by skinhead movement. The movement of skinhead peaked during 1960s. and a revival in 1980s but since then, it got obsolete. Instead they were drawn more towards, black music. and fashion, especially Jamaican rude Boys. Mod subculture and Jamaican British and Jamaican immigrant rude boy subculture were slowly adopted by skinheads. Both skinhead generations were heavily influenced by African-American rhythms and sounds, mainly ska and dub but also reggae and other deep beat genres. In 1980s most of the second-generation skinhead consisted. of ex punkers. Many. of the second-generation. ex-punk skinheads, though fans of reggae and.
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Skins are generally seen as self-titled independent rebels which are trying to live above the law, social morals and try to resolve problems by their own standards, usually through violence and bullying. While it may be true that original ideology of Skinhead subculture is differ vastly from its todays form, it changed, became something different and provided growing soil for nowadays aggressive form of skinhead subculture. At the beginning first skinheads were non-political but many of them were drawn to extreme nationalist, and especially anti-immigrant, groups. The movement got strongly
Skins are generally seen as self-titled independent rebels which are trying to live above the law, social morals and try to resolve problems by their own standards, usually through violence and bullying. While it may be true that original ideology of Skinhead subculture is differ vastly from its todays form, it changed, became something different and provided growing soil for nowadays aggressive form of skinhead subculture. At the beginning first skinheads were non-political but many of them were drawn to extreme nationalist, and especially anti-immigrant, groups. The movement got strongly