A skinhead is a member of a subcultural that originated among working class youths in the United Kingdom in the 1960s.Then spread to other parts of the world.Named for their close-cropped or shave heads,the skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian and British mods,in term of fashion,music and lifestyle.Originally,the skinhead subculture are primarily based on those element,not politics or race.
Skinhead culture emerged by 1969 in Britain out of the styles of white mod and black Jamaicanrude boy gangs and as a reaction against happy values. It was a world of scooter rallies,ska and skinhead reggae, and football matches where there was more action among the spectators than on the field. Some did target South Asians and gays for violence,though apparently not to any greater degree than other kids of the time.
