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The problem with associating the skinhead haircut with skinheads is, it's also associated with balding men who would rather not fight the inevitable and look sa

The problem with associating the skinhead haircut with skinheads is, it's also associated with balding men who would rather not fight the inevitable and look sad trying =P

danaris 7y ago
I totally agree, particularly since I've been balding since about 20. However, there is a genuine link between skinheads and violence—including neo-Nazism. The only link between hairstyles traditional to those of African descent and violence is racism and stereotyping.
- UnpossibleJim 7y ago
  Oh, I don't deny the link between skinheads and violence (to do so would be a farce). It's just a bit frustrating to be a white male who happens to shave his head in a VERY liberal city and deal with judgmental looks (oddly enough, only from well to do young to middle aged white people, which is hilarious).
- jonhendry18 7y ago
  " there is a genuine link between skinheads and violence—including neo-Nazism" True, but skinheads started as movement heavily influenced by Jamaicans and Jamaican music. The Nazi thing came later, but there have always been non-Nazi skinhead subgroups, like SHARPS (Skinheads against racial prejudice). A girlfriend of mine in college in the 90s was a Jewish skinhead at the time. Wikipedia: In the earlier stages of the movement, a considerable overlap existed between early skinhead subculture, mod subculture, and the rude boy subculture found among Jamaican British and Jamaican immigrant youth, as these three groups interacted and fraternized with each other within the same working class and poor neighbourhoods in Britain.[2] As skinheads adopted elements of mod subculture and Jamaican British and Jamaican immigrant rude boy subculture, both first and second generation skins were influenced by the heavy, repetitive rhythms of dub and ska, as well as rocksteady, reggae, bluebeat, and African-American soul music.[2][3][4]

The problem with associating the skinhead haircut with skinheads is, it's also associated with balding men who would rather not fight the inevitable and look sad trying =P

danaris 7y ago

I totally agree, particularly since I've been balding since about 20. However, there is a genuine link between skinheads and violence—including neo-Nazism. The only link between hairstyles traditional to those of African descent and violence is racism and stereotyping.

UnpossibleJim 7y ago
Oh, I don't deny the link between skinheads and violence (to do so would be a farce). It's just a bit frustrating to be a white male who happens to shave his head in a VERY liberal city and deal with judgmental looks (oddly enough, only from well to do young to middle aged white people, which is hilarious).
jonhendry18 7y ago
" there is a genuine link between skinheads and violence—including neo-Nazism" True, but skinheads started as movement heavily influenced by Jamaicans and Jamaican music. The Nazi thing came later, but there have always been non-Nazi skinhead subgroups, like SHARPS (Skinheads against racial prejudice). A girlfriend of mine in college in the 90s was a Jewish skinhead at the time. Wikipedia: In the earlier stages of the movement, a considerable overlap existed between early skinhead subculture, mod subculture, and the rude boy subculture found among Jamaican British and Jamaican immigrant youth, as these three groups interacted and fraternized with each other within the same working class and poor neighbourhoods in Britain.[2] As skinheads adopted elements of mod subculture and Jamaican British and Jamaican immigrant rude boy subculture, both first and second generation skins were influenced by the heavy, repetitive rhythms of dub and ska, as well as rocksteady, reggae, bluebeat, and African-American soul music.[2][3][4]