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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