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[โ€“] Hestia@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Ohhhh, interesting. Didn't realize people voluntarily identify as skinheads when they're not racist. Thought it was an explicitly derogatory term for them.

[โ€“] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Within the community (I used to hang out with non-racist skinheads when I was a teenager), they're referred to as "boneheads", as opposed to the "original" kind of skinhead, who claim to be descendants of the multi-racial (mostly black and white, many of these people were still shit towards south Asian immigrants) working-class communities in the UK who gave birth to skinheads back in the 60s.

[โ€“] Hestia@hexbear.net 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Neat. I have a little more respect for skinheads, apologies for generalizing cri

No worries, that's what the whole thread is about, anyway!