Hatewatch Tweets
Hatewatch is managed by the staff of the Intelligence Report, an investigative magazine published by the Alabama-based civil rights group Southern Poverty Law Center.
Hatewatch Headlines
[PA]
Attack On Skinhead Sparks Biker Brawl At Tattoo Convention
The Philadelphia Inquirer
/March 2, 2009
A fight between members of rival biker gangs The Outlaws and The Pagans broke out at a tattoo convention after several men wearing Pagans T-shirts and wielding at least one broomstick attacked a man with a “skinhead” tattoo on his back.
Read full article
« back to Hatewatch Headlines
Sign up to receive a weekly update of Hatewatch Headlines.
on March 5th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
why is this article on hatewatch? broomstick don’t beat people, people beat people.
on March 5th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Unless I missed something, the Inquirer Story says nothing to indicate that any of the folks in this incident were white supremacists or hate group members; there are many, many non-racist and anti-racist skinheads. Of course I don’t know what the ideological background (if any) of the ‘Pagans’ is, maybe they are the racists–I’m just a bit confused as to why this is on the Hatewatch Headlines post.
on March 5th, 2009 at 3:20 pm
yeah, I agree w/ JP. I’m unclear is as to whether this is a hate-incident or a gang-incident…..
on March 5th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Sounds like a bunch of gangland thugs were beating each other up. Throw them all in jail and find a way to prevent this element from gathering, they put us all in danger.
on March 6th, 2009 at 3:59 am
tyrone, I think you missed the point. The article isn’t about “broomsticks”. It was about a tattood words of “skinhead” which is primarily associated with white supremacy. The tattoo itself is what initiated the fight. I think a lot of folks both white and nonwhites are offended by skinheads and other white supremacist related imagery. A mere sight of an skinhead is an act of instigation by itself, they are not welcomed in many aspects. Especially if you host an event with tattooist from around the world.
on March 6th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
I got the point “skinhead” was tattoed on someone’s head. There skinheads that are not racist,we have them in my area and if you did’nt know would assume they are racist. I think we need to slow down with the word racist it’s getting far to much use. Just like the word hero, use it to much and it starts to mean everything
on March 6th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
Yeah.
Except that the “skinheads” you are referring to, are called SHARPs.
Unlike neo-Nazis, SHARPs do not display anything that identifies or associates them with neo-Nazis in case you didn’t know. Thus, the mainstream term for “skinhead” is a neo-Nazi, even though SHARPs are skinheads of non-racist kind.
Then again who says anything about the term “racist” being used copiously? Can you not tell “racist” from non-racist?
on March 11th, 2009 at 2:15 am
I am an anti-racist skinhead and have been since 1988 and I call my self a “skinhead”. I am not a SHARP because I have no affiliation with that group. SHARP skins are just a group of anti-racist skinheads that belong to that “group”. I guess you could say all SHARP skins are anti racist but not all anti-racists are SHARP skins. I do have the tattoos that would tell people I am a skin which is in no way shape or form tell them I am a racist. In fact I have many friend who have “skinhead” tattooed on them and many of them are not of caucasan dece The only reason people think the term is synonymous is because of the media and how they have reported the subculture. I guess a bunch of people not hating everyone and listening to ska is just not that exciting. Thought I would share as I was just researching any correlation between outlaw bike gangs and nazi skins. Oi Oi Oi
on March 14th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
I must agree, Outlaws and Pagans fighting? This is not Hatewatch material, this is History channel’s Gangland material.