Gender Stereotypes In The Falklands War

In 1983 in Liverpool, England, 14-year-old John gets into a fight at school after a classmate makes an offensive joke about his father, who died in the Falklands War. On his way home, Shaun comes across a gang of young skinheads led by Steve, who feels sympathy for John and invites him to join the group. They accept Shaun as a member, and he finds a big brother in Steve, while developing a romance with Sally, an older girl who dresses in a new wave style. Callum, an older skinhead, returns to the group after a prison sentence, accompanied by a knife-wielding mustachioed man called Billy. A charming but unstable individual with sociopathic tendencies, Callum expresses English nationalist and racist views, and attempts to enforce his leadership over the other skinheads. This leads the
Shaun goes with Callum's group to a white nationalist meeting. After Peter expresses doubt over their racist and nationalistic politics, Callum throws him out of the group and sends him back to Steve. The gang then engages in racist antagonism of, among others, shopkeeper Mr. Patel, an Indian man who had previously banned Shaun from his shop. Callum becomes depressed after Lily, Steve's girlfriend, rejects him when he admits that he has loved her since they had sex years before. To console himself, Callum buys cannabis from Matt, the only black skinhead in Steve's gang. During a party, Callum and Matt bond while intoxicated, but Callum becomes increasingly jealous when Matt shares details of his many relatives and comfortable family life. Enraged, Callum sadly beats Matt into a coma while Billy holds down Shaun, who watches in horror. Callum had strong beliefs against black people and never actually like Matt at all. He was just using Matt for he drugs to help his depression. Shaun and Callum later take Matt to a nearby hospital. Sadly though it was not to be and it was too late, Matt had