Talk:Skinhead

Suspenders?

As skinheads are a British phenomena, I have changed "suspenders" to "braces". Suspenders are what women use to hold up their stockings in the UK.

The Business is not a White Supremacist band

The Business is a member of the Oi punk rock movement and to use their picture as an example of what Skinhead and Skinhead bands look like is a false equivocation. Matter of fact, the band The Business is most well known for going on a tour entitled, "Oi Against Racism and Political Extremism ...But Still Against The System." — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeneralPattonE (talk • contribs) 14:53, 20 August 2017 (UTC)

You seem confused. The Business is a skin band. That doesn't mean that they're racists, because skins aren't racists. Read the article before commenting on it, please. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.83.60.122 (talk) 01:08, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

Confusing wording of "black metal"

In the music section:

"Among some skinheads, heavy metal is popular. Bands such as the Canadian act Blasphemy, whose guitarist is black, has been known to popularise and merchandise the phrase "black metal skinheads".[33] As the group's vocalist recounts, "a lot of black metal skinheads from the other side of Canada" would join in on the British Columbian black metal underground. "I remember one guy... who had 'Black Metal Skins' tattooed on his forehead. We didn't hang out with white power skinheads, but there were some Oi skinheads who wanted to hang out with us."[50] National Socialist black metal has an audience among white power skinheads. There was a record label called "Satanic Skinhead Propaganda" that was known to specialize in neo-Nazi black metal and death metal bands.[51] Black metal pioneer and right-wing extremist Varg Vikernes was known to adopt a skinhead look and wear a belt with the SS insignia while serving time in prison for the arson of several stave churches and the murder of Øystein Aarseth.[52]"

It initially is talking about a black person that in a heavy metal band and had "black metal skinhead merch" which leads the reader to assume the black in black metal is referring to race. Later it discusses "National Socialist black metal" which is not about black people, but rather a specific subgenre of metal. I think the wording/placement of this might be confusing to readers and may have them believe the "black" in "National Socialist black metal" and the other instances of "black metal" is referring to race. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2607:FEA8:6040:4B2:8993:7A26:9DFE:A19C (talk) 05:37, 20 March 2020 (UTC)

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