Neo Nazi Skinheads

Skinheads are a subdivision group of Neo-Nazis. During the late 1960s, skinhead

groups organized in Britain. By the 1970s, the British National Front (NF)-the Nation

Socialist Party- began to infiltrate skinhead groups. They espoused nationalism, and often

staged protests against nonwhite immigration. The trend spread to other countries

including the United States, and Canada. Today, skinhead groups in North America are

known by such names as Hammerskins, Fourth Reich Skins, League of Aryan Warriors,

and American Front.

These racist skinheads, who are known for their shaved heads and membership in

hate groups, have been responsible for many violent acts. According to Merton's anomie

theory, they exhibit the fifth adaptive strategy, which is rebellion. They reject society's

goals and replace them with their own deviant goals and means.

The skinheads subscribe to Nazi beliefs, as outlined in the 1920s by the German

dictator Adolf Hitler. The new Nazis (or Neo-Nazi skinheads) have formed groups or

alliances with other "radical far-right people". Radical far-right people refer to those who

favor a society with one language, religion and way of life. They are often antigovernment,

and usually oppose a pluralistic society. A pluralistic society is a society with people from

many different language backgrounds, religions and lifestyles. Neo-Nazi groups are made

up of people who despise those different from themselves. However, they often claim that

those who oppose them are the ones full of hate. They also say their critics will not listen

to reasonable arguments about Nazi views. Yet, their so-called reasonable arguments are

usually based on partial truths or outright falsehoods.

Their philosophy is to hate everybody else that is not of the "Aryan race". They

believe that they are doing nothing wrong and they are just proud of their race and their

culture.

The normal thing for a skinhead to do is drive down the street, and look for

"anybody that was different"; blacks Hispanics, etc. They would then throw things such as

beer bottles, and yell at the person, and if the person yelled back, it gave them a right to

brutally beat them.

Members of the white supremacy movement look for young, angry kids who need

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