Skinhead roots are actually found across the Atlantic, in Jamaica, where the British were quickly importing the modern factories already blooming greatly throughout the United Kingdom. As a direct result of industrialization, the working class was coming to existence in Europe. Likewise in Jamaica, most of the men worked in the factories, creating a very large workin

Factories were sadly the only mean of work for most Jamaicans, generally not skilled for other types of work; as the colonials only had interest in the manpower of the locals, education wasn’t offered to anybody. With the advent of further technological improvements, minimum personnel necessary to run a factory diminished. If many started losing their jobs in Europe, almost all Jamaicans found themselves jobless. The condition of unemployment started becoming worryingly generalized, pushing many people to find opportunities somewhere else. On August 6th 1962, Jamaica had gained independence from the U.K., but all Jamaicans still retained the title of subjects to the British Empire, therefore allowing them to enter freely as well as a guarantee of their basic rights. Many thought of this as a great opportunity to start again, and so a great wave of immigration started. Gradually more and more Jamaican started filling the East End of London, a heavily industrial neighbourhood where most of the working class lived and worked. The rude boys and girls mixed in with the local working class, sharing the same appearance and economic status. W

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