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Fantastic Anarchist

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3. I don't want to seem pedantic, but ...
Thu Dec 29, 2016, 12:48 AM
Dec 2016

... the majority of skinheads are non-racists. I'm unsure if you are implying "skinhead look" to mean racist agenda or not. If so, it's an important distinction to make. My skinhead friends were some of the most vociferous anti-racist activists you could find. They came from all walks of life, different ethnicities, religions, creeds, etc. Skinheads and their sub-culture descend from the Rude Boy sub-culture from the West Indies who grew up in the working class neighborhoods of London and listened to Ska and Rock-steady music. Real skinheads refer to the racist/white power/Nazis as Boneheads.

Just thought I'd clarify.

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