Well, its a hard topic. Most people hear the word skinhead and think about the kids in American history X. Truth is, there are different kinds of skinheads.
Take SHARPs for example, Skinheads Against Racial Predjuidice. Then there are the Nazis, with the swasticas and all that. Truth is, skinheads were started by working class guys trying to group together. Go to: www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A427213 for some good info, or www.twafa.org.uk/Fascism/Skinheads.html

So, being the working class shmucks they are, growing up in a union town like boston, its pretty easy to understand them being big in the skinhead community.

Hope this helped!
Mandie