skinhead

Example Sentences

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He and his friends, he said, would get into fights with “racist skinheads.”

From Washington Post

In “Empire,” the low-simmering racism depicted in the film comes to a boil when rioters, largely skinheads, crash through the Empire’s glass doors and attack Stephen, the young Black usher played by Micheal Ward.

From Los Angeles Times

Founded in 1988 and led by neo-Nazis, that party held early meetings that, according to Le Monde, featured "brown shirts and party members performing the Nazi salute, and their security was provided by skinheads."

From Salon

His encounters with hostile skinheads and bigoted customers open Hilary’s eyes to the pervasiveness of racial prejudice.

From New York Times

Against the backdrop of Britain’s racist skinhead movement, Stephen, who is Black, and Hilary, who is White, forge a tender and unexpected connection.

From Washington Post