The schism in the skinhead movement between the racists and the non-racists was another thing presented in the movie. Both skinhead groups however, are the epitome of a folk group; both were formed from a common interest and through regular interaction. The individuals in the groups were taught the doctrines through informal means and adopted the same dress styles.
They differed in the beliefs each group expressed. Woody was accepting and simply created a folk group meant to keep a group of friends close. Combo created a group based on hate and was designed to discover and gather together radical racists in hopes of abusing the Pakistani residents. The individuals were all bullied themselves, so they began hanging out in order to protect one another. Sean, the protagonist in the story, is an eleven year old who struggles with being bullied at school.
This hate and passion is shown at the very outset of the movie as Sean attacks an older boy who makes fun of his father. As the movie progresses, Sean runs into Woody, who convinces him to hang out with his group. Combo has the entire group over to his apartment one morning and begins to preach to them. He starts by stating that the group should stick together and watch out for one another, which is the very thing that formed the group in the first place.
However, he then begins to preach hate and site the immigrants as the reason for the war and for the unemployment rate being so high.
This sparks a violet outburst from Sean, which is then capitalized on for the rest of the film by Combo. This also highlights the relatively fragile nature of the folk group formed by Combo. His group was founded on the common interest of hate of foreigners and violent outbursts towards them. As a result, the common beliefs have ceased and the group dissolves. The two skinhead groups defended their respective beliefs in different ways. What about the racist scene appealed to you?
I was a street kid, a chronic runaway. It got to the point that my dad told me to call every couple of weeks to let him know I was alive. I found out later that my family really did care about me. All I did was work and take care of kids. And one of the skins I met from NA meetings, I ended up marrying him.
I joined the NA in or After my husband died in a car crash in , I became even more active after moving to Michigan. I was alone with the kids and they took me in as family. And I was really active on [the racist Web forum] Stormfront. I even ended up moving some prominent racists to my town and some stayed in my house.
The nametags had your name and your Stormfront screen name, so we got to know each other. Tell me about your time in the movement. I got into some legal trouble, bounced around and landed in Indiana. In , I met the guys from the Northern Hammerskins [a racist skinhead group]. They were all huge body builders.
They were completely covered in tattoos, frightening looking and a solid unit. Their leader, Jeremy Robinson, was really charismatic. He was the kind of guy you would follow to the gates of hell. But I never got my patch because of legal trouble — I would get in bar fights. I always had anger issues. Our claim to fame as OHS was the fact that we basically took on the Hammerskin Nation [then a dominant racist skinhead federation that included the Northern Hammerskins] and showed they were too chicken shit to shoot us.
All the other skinhead crews saw that the Hammers were a joke. Our tattoos and Web presence made us look like a very, very extreme group. For the most part, we just kept to ourselves, and it was very rare if anyone was shot or stabbed.
But OHS fell apart after Jeremy left around or He was paranoid and scared and just gave up. I have always been anti-smut. Even worse, in , when Gliebe told me [NA founder and longtime leader] William Pierce died, he said Pierce had a huge pornography collection.
So when I found out, it was an easy decision to make, I was gone. I joined [the racist skinhead outfit] American Front, but I never got my patch. How did the Vinlanders Social Club come about? Even so, I jumped on board because it gave me a chance to beat up some Hammerskins. I was an enforcer, after all. If another crew was worth a damn, I would bring them on board and run off all their buddies.
And he loved it. When did things start to go sour? My brothers abused women. I had always been very adamant about not kicking the crap out of girls. My image of a skinhead was basically a guy who worked hard and took care of his business.
Your work and family comes first and after that you make time for the guys. I was preaching white women are the holiest things in the world, but they thought they looked better with black eyes. The OHS guys were pretty scary, so I just keep my mouth shut.
One of the crutches I used was alcohol. What hypocrites! I mean, nobody cared about their kids, or their family. They had bastard children all across the country. All they cared about was drinking and committing felonies. Nordic Fest reconfirmed concerns I already had.
It seems like all the skinhead chicks had their kids taken away or their parents were raising them. And then at Nordic Fest, there was a year-old girl and she was in a tent having guys go back and forth. I put an end to that. But there was another tent with another girl that the guys were taking turns with, too. It was supposed to be a family event! By the time Bryon and I started talking after Nordic Fest, we had so much to talk about and we were on the same page.
And six or seven months after that, we got married and Bryon came to live with me in Michigan. Then Eric [Fairburn] came to see what we were up to. They were partying every day. One night we were at a lake and the guys were trying to get Bryon to come with them. Here we are trying be a family and they come out and they start drinking and Bryon is at the hospital.
After that, Bryon decided no more drinking, because we fought, too, when he drank. They were calling at a. How did you actually leave the movement? Once the death threats started happening… It was the most ridiculous, unbrotherly thing in the world.
Julie was done long before that. I contacted [black anti-racist activist] Daryl Jenkins and we became friends. Then I reached out to former skinhead T. He told me to call the SPLC. That was February What was it like sitting down with your mortal enemies? He was the guy that hid under your bed and shut down your crews, Public Enemy Number One.
I was nervous. How did your tattoos affect your life at this point? It sucked and I needed to feed my family. I even talked to Julie about getting some dermal acid on eBay. I was going to test it out on my hands first and see how it worked and I was going to douse my face in it. I figured if I did that enough times the tattoos would come off. But I felt like I deserved it. It was penance. It took 24 separate treatments to get the tattoos off. But if I can prevent one other kid from making the same mistakes I did, if I can prevent one other family from having to go through what I put my family through, maybe I can redeem myself.
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