Trojan skinheads (also known as traditional skinheads or trads) are individuals who identify with the original British skinhead subculture of the middle 1960s, when ska, rocksteady, reggae, and soul music were popular, and there was a heavy emphasis on mod-influenced clothing styles. Named after the record label Trojan Records, these skinheads identify with the subculture's Jamaican rude boy and British working class roots.
Because of their appreciation of music played by black people, they tend to be non-racist.
Trojan skinheads usually dress in a typical 1960s skinhead style, which includes items such as button-down Ben Sherman shirts, Fred Perry polo shirts, braces,
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Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) are anti-racist skinheads who oppose white power boneheads, neo-fascists, and other political racists, particularly if they identify themselves as skinheads. SHARPs aim to reclaim the multicultural identity of the original skinheads, hijacked by racists. Beyond the common opposition to racism, SHARP professes no political ideology or affiliation, stressing the importance of the Jamaican influence in the original late-1960s skinhead movement. The SHARPs and the Red and Anarchist Skinheads (RASH) value direct action and self-defense against neo-Nazis. The movement has its origins in the multi-ethnic roots of the skinhead cultural identity.
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Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice was founded in 1986 in New York City. It emerged as a response by suburban adolescents to the bigotry of the growing White Power Movement. Traditional skinheads (Trads) were formed as a way to show that the skinhead subculture was not based on racism and political extremism. In 1989, Roddy Moreno of the Oi! band The Oppressed designed a new SHARP logo based on the Trojan Records' logo and started promoting SHARP ideals to British skinheads. SHARP then spread throughout Europe and in other continents.
Anti-fascist and anti-racist, the SHARP's refer to extreme right-wing skinheads as “boneheads”, a pejorative term. In return, boneheads call them “reds” (a term relating to a supposed or actual affiliation to the political left) or “redskins”. Neo-nazis and white power skinheads hate the SHARP movement. But many people may confuse SHARP members with racists since their appearance is superficially similar: shaved heads, denim, lace-up boots, button-down shirts, and braces. But SHARPs listen to culturally influenced music such as reggae, ska, punk, hardcore, and Oi!. An outgrowth of SHARP is the Red and Anarchist Skinheads (RASH), formed in the United States in 1993 by redskins and anarcho-skinheads.
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