politics 06 Jun 2007 09:39 am
I’d Never Heard of Gingerism Until Today
Apparently folks with red hair are enduring pretty cruel teasing and even abuse in the UK. I wonder how Prince Harry fares?
From the article:
“There is nothing like this in the US where having red hair is not a precursor to having someone abuse you. Red hair is considered glamorous.”
While there has been at least one report of a serious anti-red hair hate crime in the UK - a 20-year-old stabbed in the back in 2003 - it’s unclear whose responsibility it is to monitor discrimination.
BBC News Article On Gingerism as a Form of Racism
One Response to “I’d Never Heard of Gingerism Until Today”
on 07 Jun 2007 at 11:49 am 1.MaryT said …
I had heard about this, but didn’t realize it was to the extent that there was violence related to it. I guess it just shows us all how absolutely stupid and unfounded racism is–not that most of us didn’t know. And those Brits are crazy peops. I’ve got the hots for red hair and that includes you, Pinky!