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I never put the two together, Romper Stomper and A Clockwork Orange until you just mentioned it...I feel kinda silly too as I have watched both of them 10+ times.
I know this isn't really the thread to ask but I've always been curious since the first time I watched Romper Stomper...In Australia is the racial tension mostly between the whites and asians? In the states it seems most of the racial tension comes from aryan rednecks who have a problem with mostly blacks, hispanics, and middle eastern people. I watch a lot of documentaries about the white power movement(its a morbid fascination, I have the same thing with prison documentaries) but I'm no expert and found it a bit odd the skins in Aus seemed more worried about asians than anything else...Don't get me wrong, I have no doubt in my mind that an american redneck skin or kkk member would beat up an asian just for kicks but it doesn't seem to me that they are a priority.
Just for the record, I am a skinhead punk. I shave my head every 3 days but I am not racist in any way. I wear docs and resemble what one may consider a a "racist" skin but I am far from it. For those of you not to familiar with the punk scene skins didn't always have the racist stigma. Skins were a big part of the hardcore scene in the early 80's and it had nothing to do with race, the faggot ass neo-nazis stole the style and ruined it for the rest of us...If you wanna trace the roots of skins it goes all the way back to the 60's...Working class English kids(black and white) shaved their heads and listened to ska...
Once again, I know this is the wrong place for this but I ask 1 simple favor of everyone...Don't judge instantly when you see a skin...I've been jumped over my look twice but as far as I know I have never even met a neo-nazi...Were I live a minority is in much more in danger of drunken rednecks in overly large trucks, "Good Ole Boys"....Barf....
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