.
. Beyond the common opposition to
or affiliation, stressing the importance of the Jamaican influence in the original late-1960s skinhead movement. The
. 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.