07-22-2005, 08:39 AM
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GFY HALL OF FAME DAMMIT!!!
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: that 504
Posts: 60,840
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they DO, they even encourage not to call them skinheads, becaue they are NOT
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American skinheads were also being recruited (or created) for similar purposes by racist groups around this time. After a number of brutal attacks were reported in the media, they received the same spin as their British counterparts. Fueled by sensationalist television, all skinheads were stereotyped as mindless, violent, and racist, with little attempt made to discriminate one subgroup from another. In an attempt to counter this negative stereotype, several anti-racist skinhead organizations were formed: SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) in 1987, Anti-Racist Action (ARA) in 1988, and Red and Anarchist Skinheads (RASH) in 1993.
The Neo-Nazi skinhead movement began to grow in numbers in Russia after the beginning of second Chechen war. In recent years Neo-Nazi skinheads have been involved in numerous violent murders and pogroms against migrants in Russia. It is believed by some analysts, particularly among Russian opposition, that president Putin's government and secret police are using violent right wing skinheads as an unofficial paramilitary force. See also Caucasophobia.
The Third wave of ska brought a resurgence in skinhead subculture in the early 1990s, and the popularity of the group continues to grow. Today, skinheads can be found in all of North America and Europe, as well as in scattered places worldwide such as Japan, Brazil, and Israel.
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this has been a long fight.
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