![]() ![]() The Redhead Convention runs from next Friday to Sunday in Crosshaven. In fact, there are plenty of folks who have red hair and are of color, according to The Big Redhead Book: Inside the Secret Society of Red Hair by Erin La Rosa. ![]() It’s one of the last great social prejudices,” she said.Ī University College Cork-based study last year found that as many as nine out of ten ginger-haired men worldwide have been the victims of bullying.Īnd Colliss Harvey, a University of Cambridge graduate, agreed that the experience for red-headed males tends to be far more negative than female counterparts.Īlthough Collis Harvey doesn’t believe gingerism can be practically tackled by expanding the definition of hate crime laws, she said more needs to be done to tackle the problem of bullying and discrimination. But just because many of the famous redheads out there are fair-skinned and have Eurocentric features doesnt mean that all gingers do. “Unfortunately bullying of children with red hair is still common and people with red hair are often seen as acceptable targets, because they’re not one group and not a race. “I think people are hard-wired to react to red as a colour and as a species we seem to have a psychological need to judge an ‘other’ - and if not someone with red hair, it’s another minority group. ![]() “Prejudice against redheads goes back thousands and thousands of years to the time of the ancient Greeks and later across medieval Europe. Red hair occurs in communities from the Middle East to Africa to Polynesia, and can come with skin dark enough to protect you from desert or tropical sun. ![]()
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