White supremacists have become linked with a racist part of the skinhead subculture , despite the fact that when the skinhead scene first developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s , it was heavily influenced by Jamaican rude boys and British mods . By the 1980s , a large white power skinhead faction had formed . The white supremacist ideology has become associated with a racist faction of the skinhead subculture , despite the fact that when the skinhead culture first developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s , it was heavily influenced by black fashions and music , especially Jamaican reggae and ska , and African American soul music By the 1980s , a sizeable and vocal white power skinhead faction had formed .