a woman (shall remain anonymous) was complaining to me that her new daughter in law's father is a red head and they are both scared she could have a red headed baby. It was hard to keep my mouth shut! How prejudice and stupid. The only thing wrong is you get sunburned so easily :(
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Haha, whilst we're on about talking in stereotypes I suppose an Australian with a big mouth, and over inflated sense of their own importance is very apt
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a woman (shall remain anonymous) was complaining to me that her new daughter in law's father is a red head and they are both scared she could have a red headed baby. It was hard to keep my mouth shut! How prejudice and stupid. The only thing wrong is you get sunburned so easily :(
Nah, no confusion We'll add 'completely ignorant to the fact that the rest of the world finds them completely ignorant' to the list of stereotypes shall we?
It's a pathetic, childish, sly and nasty way of allowing prejudice to be acceptable.
I've heard al the stuff, same as we all have, but it's always annoyed me a bit. People who subscribe to such thoughts must be incredibly thoughtless at the very least, also I wonder how most find it acceptable to ridicule and stigmatise a person based on the colour of their hair?? Do you have the same warped fears of someone with a different skin colour?? Oh no, of course not, perish the thought......you sure?
Didn't realise you were "one of us" Jamie.
I agree with you, and I wanted to post something along those lines but I didn't bother, as I knew no one would take it seriously.
It's just about the only form of social prejudice you're allowed thesedays, and I don't think people outside the UK realise just how much abuse you can get for it. Next time someone does it to me (doesn't really happen anymore as my hair isn't as red as it used to be...not greying, it's just got darker ) I should follow them down the street shouting "Hey look everyone, this guy's an immature prejudiced TW*T! Hahaha, look, he's a tw*t!" That's pretty much equivalent to what we get over here.
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I hooked up with a red head once, she had a good type of red hair, like Isla Fisher the actress. She wasn't a bad sort either.
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I think people are perhaps taking this too seriously. Bottom line, if you are an attractive ginger there isn't really an issue at all. Plenty of hot red-head celebrities out there like Nicole Kidman, Isla Fisher and Sarah Wayne Callies
I'm not so sure about the blokes, Ewan McGregor is a bit of a ginge though and that hasn't really held him back!
I think saying it's AS bad as racial abuse is maybe taking it a bit far, but it still shouldn't be tolerated. Why should people be made to feel inferior because of the colour of their hair? This is what happens a lot in the UK. Attractivness isn't really relevant.
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I think saying it's AS bad as racial abuse is maybe taking it a bit far, but it still shouldn't be tolerated. Why should people be made to feel inferior because of the colour of their hair? This is what happens a lot in the UK. Attractivness isn't really relevant.
Oh it's a tricky subject for sure. The point I was making, is that if you are an attractive person, hair colour doesn't really matter so much because people are more struck by your good looks than your hair colour. I think people get picked on for all sorts of things anyway. I got shit at school becasue I had long hair, people used to think they were really original shouting 'Kurt Cobain' at me, but I just ignored it. Kids will pick up on anything that isn't the norm - what's to say these ginger kids wouldn't get picked on for something else if they didn't have red hair?
I get teased by my mates because I have ginger sideburns (despite having dark blonde/ light brown hair) and I find it quite funny, it's harmless and to me, it's kind of one of those ironic insults - like everyone knows there isn't really anything wrong with having ginger hair, but they are making out like there is, like in that South Park episode where Cartman says they have no soul!
Oh it's a tricky subject for sure. The point I was making, is that if you are an attractive person, hair colour doesn't really matter so much because people are more struck by your good looks than your hair colour. I think people get picked on for all sorts of things anyway. I got shit at school becasue I had long hair, people used to think they were really original shouting 'Kurt Cobain' at me, but I just ignored it. Kids will pick up on anything that isn't the norm - what's to say these ginger kids wouldn't get picked on for something else if they didn't have red hair?
I get teased by my mates because I have ginger sideburns (despite having dark blonde/ light brown hair) and I find it quite funny, it's harmless and to me, it's kind of one of those ironic insults - like everyone knows there isn't really anything wrong with having ginger hair, but they are making out like there is, like in that South Park episode where Cartman says they have no soul!
I disagree. Attractiveness doesn't come into it, at least over here in the UK. Everyone does it because it's socially accepted, and they all think it's harmless fun. But what if it happened every day? Not just from people who you didn't like, or didn't know, but from people who are supposed to be your friends, who KNOW it bothers you but continue to taunt you about it anyway. And to be in the classroom and have the teachers do it. I used to have a maths teacher who would say "shut up ginger" every time I used to say anything. Everyone else thought it was hillarious, of course. And then to go home and have your family do it. And to walk down the street and have some person you don't even know shout at you, and people in passing cars. This STILL happens to me.
To you it might seem harmless, but the trend in this thread seems to be from people who actually have ginger hair, is that it does more harm than people might think.
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I disagree. Attractiveness doesn't come into it, at least over here in the UK. Everyone does it because it's socially accepted, and they all think it's harmless fun. But what if it happened every day? Not just from people who you didn't like, or didn't know, but from people who are supposed to be your friends, who KNOW it bothers you but continue to taunt you about it anyway. And to be in the classroom and have the teachers do it. I used to have a maths teacher who would say "shut up ginger" every time I used to say anything. Everyone else thought it was hillarious, of course. And then to go home and have your family do it. And to walk down the street and have some person you don't even know shout at you, and people in passing cars. This STILL happens to me.
To you it might seem harmless, but the trend in this thread seems to be from people who actually have ginger hair, is that it does more harm than people might think.
Hmm, if a teacher called me ginger I would have replied with "shut up cunt face", but that's just me....
The problem you have here, is that there is no obvious solution, and also it is kind of self-perpetuating because people do react to it. As much as you disagree, I do still believe that if a red-head is good looking, they are far less likely to suffer the abuse a less attractive red-head would. Obviously it is wrong to pick on someone for a physical characteristic, but in reality we are all guilty of it. We all look twice when we see a huge person in a mobility scooter, or someone dressed a bit 'differently' and I'm sure we are all guilty of making comments about them for our own amusement. Would it make any difference if we all patted each other on the back for being so politically correct? I don't think so. In my view, most decent right-thinking people, are perfectly capable of looking past any superficial shit like hair colour anyway - the only people who would make take the piss out of you to your face, are the kind of people who would pick on anything different in a person.
Hmm, if a teacher called me ginger I would have replied with "shut up cunt face", but that's just me....
Hmm...i'm sure you would, and then have got expelled. The point I was making is that it's socially accepted, so for me to respond in a way like you suggest would get me into trouble. Add to that the fact that you have little to no confidence because of the continual abuse you receive for having ginger hair, and you most likely wouldn't respond that way.
The problem you have here, is that there is no obvious solution, and also it is kind of self-perpetuating because people do react to it.
I don't have a problem anymore. I'm not a child, and thankfully i've got a lot more confidence than I did then. So when people do take the piss, I either ignore them, or i'll pick someone about them to make fun of to see how they like it. People don't like it, you'd be surprised to hear.
As much as you disagree, I do still believe that if a red-head is good looking, they are far less likely to suffer the abuse a less attractive red-head would.
So, as i've received abuse for this, and continue to, you're calling me ugly? Thanks.
Obviously it is wrong to pick on someone for a physical characteristic, but in reality we are all guilty of it. We all look twice when we see a huge person in a mobility scooter, or someone dressed a bit 'differently' and I'm sure we are all guilty of making comments about them for our own amusement. Would it make any difference if we all patted each other on the back for being so politically correct? I don't think so. In my view, most decent right-thinking people, are perfectly capable of looking past any superficial shit like hair colour anyway - the only people who would make take the piss out of you to your face, are the kind of people who would pick on anything different in a person.
Yes, we do all do it. And yes, I agree with the kind of people who do it openly. BUT, the world is NOT made up of decent, right-thinking people. It's made up of people who are so insecure that the home into anyone who is slightly different and attacks them, because that's what society has taught them to do.
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I get teased by my mates because I have ginger sideburns (despite having dark blonde/ light brown hair) and I find it quite funny, it's harmless and to me, it's kind of one of those ironic insults - like everyone knows there isn't really anything wrong with having ginger hair, but they are making out like there is, like in that South Park episode where Cartman says they have no soul!
Big whoop so you get teased by your friends for having ginger sideburns?!
Now, take how that makes you feel and times it by god knows how much, increase the vindictiveness of the insults and how much they hurt and you may get close to how being constantly teased for being ginger feels.
You're not actually ginger so how can you even now how being ridiculed for something seemingly minor, like the natural color of your hair, feels?!
Please, don't try to talk about something you haven't experienced yourself, it'd be like me talking about the burdens of being male! :rolleyes:
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Hmm...i'm sure you would, and then have got expelled. The point I was making is that it's socially accepted, so for me to respond in a way like you suggest would get me into trouble. Add to that the fact that you have little to no confidence because of the continual abuse you receive for having ginger hair, and you most likely wouldn't respond that way.
I don't have a problem anymore. I'm not a child, and thankfully i've got a lot more confidence than I did then. So when people do take the piss, I either ignore them, or i'll pick someone about them to make fun of to see how they like it. People don't like it, you'd be surprised to hear.
So, as i've received abuse for this, and continue to, you're calling me ugly? Thanks.
Yes, we do all do it. And yes, I agree with the kind of people who do it openly. BUT, the world is NOT made up of decent, right-thinking people. It's made up of people who are so insecure that the home into anyone who is slightly different and attacks them, because that's what society has taught them to do.
Wow. I have gone my whole life without really having a problem due to my red hair. I didn't realize that some folks really have a hard time with it. A few people here and there have mentioned it... and my friends to refer to me as a spitfire... but I attribute that as much to my personality as my hair.
I mean I got picked on...but no more or less then your average teenager.
Maybe it is just because my hair is more of an auburn then a bright red?
Wow. I have gone my whole life without really having a problem due to my red hair. I didn't realize that some folks really have a hard time with it.
I mean I got picked on plenty...but just not for the hair.
Maybe it is just because my hair is more of an auburn then a bright red?
Probably. My twin brother is as ginger as ginger can be and he's suffered with other people's 'jokes' (ha de fucking ha :rolleyes: ) and insults for having red hair for years.
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Wow. I have gone my whole life without really having a problem due to my red hair. I didn't realize that some folks really have a hard time with it. A few people here and there have mentioned it... and my friends to refer to me as a spitfire... but I attribute that as much to my personality as my hair.
I mean I got picked on...but no more or less then your average teenager.
Maybe it is just because my hair is more of an auburn then a bright red?
Are you in the UK or elsewhere? Seems that we have a far greater problem with it than the rest of the world.
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Hmm...i'm sure you would, and then have got expelled. The point I was making is that it's socially accepted, so for me to respond in a way like you suggest would get me into trouble. Add to that the fact that you have little to no confidence because of the continual abuse you receive for having ginger hair, and you most likely wouldn't respond that way.
Ah you have no idea, I'm a bit 'react first, think later'. It kind of shocks people, because I'm quite quiet and people don't expect it from me. But if someone puts me down I have no issue speaking up - and there is no way I would have put up with being bullied by a fucking teacher. But I do appreciate where you are coming from, I know plenty of people wouldn't speak up.
So, as i've received abuse for this, and continue to, you're calling me ugly? Thanks.
Well if the cap fits......nah I'm only kidding, I'm just pointing out that some people are blessed with good looks and others aren't, and a good looking face can get a person a long way.
Yes, we do all do it. And yes, I agree with the kind of people who do it openly. BUT, the world is NOT made up of decent, right-thinking people. It's made up of people who are so insecure that the home into anyone who is slightly different and attacks them, because that's what society has taught them to do.
I don't think that is necessarily the case, I have a few friends with red hair, and they suffer no real issues because of it. In fact the one mate is incredibly popular with the ladies regardless of his ginger hair. I've just got back from a holiday with a few of them, and one night out these amazingly hot Swedish girls came and asked me and two friends if we wanted to go to a club with them. We happily obliged, and they promptly spent the entire night fawning over my red-head mate - and good for him!
I bet that there is an equivalent of being 'ginger' in most cultures around the world. Of course it sucks, and it is absolutely wrong, but what can you do about it?
Probably. My twin brother is as ginger as ginger can be and he's suffered with other people's 'jokes' (ha de fucking ha :rolleyes: ) and insults for having red hair for years.
My little bro has hair that was more red than mine growing up (it was fire engine red, and stood straight up as a baby). As far as I know he was never picked on much for it either.
I used to highlight my hair all the time, and have only recently gotten the last bit of that cut off so I am back to my natural color.
I have to say I get more compliments on my hair now then I ever did when I had more blonde in my hair. Guys seem to dig it too, with the exception of a certain hyper-opinionated aussie here on the board.
Oh, and I live in the US.... It would seem that makes a difference.
I don't think that is necessarily the case, I have a few friends with red hair, and they suffer no real issues because of it. In fact the one mate is incredibly popular with the ladies regardless of his ginger hair. I've just got back from a holiday with a few of them, and one night out these amazingly hot Swedish girls came and asked me and two friends if we wanted to go to a club with them. We happily obliged, and they promptly spent the entire night fawning over my red-head mate - and good for him!
Are you in the US or UK?
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LOL no. I'm not from here, i'm from Lincoln. I go to uni here, and have never had a problem here about being ginger. Only really get it at home where it's a case of spot the non-white person, or failing that, abuse the ugly ginger.
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I don't know what it is, but I totally dig redhead dudes, esp if they are smart and witty. I have a total redhead thing! My first 'somewhat' boyfriend had/has fire engine red hair.
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LOL no. I'm not from here, i'm from Lincoln. I go to uni here, and have never had a problem here about being ginger. Only really get it at home where it's a case of spot the non-white person, or failing that, abuse the ugly ginger.
Haha!
I can imagine it can't be nice. It's weird really cause I did used to get picked on a bit when I was a teenager. I had long hair and dressed grungey so used to get called 'gay' and stuff like that, cause rock music was not really as widely accepted ten years ago as it is now. But I never really cared that much to be honest.
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I agree with you, and I wanted to post something along those lines but I didn't bother, as I knew no one would take it seriously.
It's just about the only form of social prejudice you're allowed thesedays, and I don't think people outside the UK realise just how much abuse you can get for it. Next time someone does it to me (doesn't really happen anymore as my hair isn't as red as it used to be...not greying, it's just got darker
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I hooked up with a red head once, she had a good type of red hair, like Isla Fisher the actress. She wasn't a bad sort either.
Unfortunately I didn't get to see if the curtains matched the rug....
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I think people are perhaps taking this too seriously. Bottom line, if you are an attractive ginger there isn't really an issue at all. Plenty of hot red-head celebrities out there like Nicole Kidman, Isla Fisher and Sarah Wayne Callies (from prison break: http://upload.moldova.org/movie/actors/s/sarah_wayne_callies/thumbnails/tn2_sarah_wayne_callies_1.jpg
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I'm not so sure about the blokes, Ewan McGregor is a bit of a ginge though and that hasn't really held him back!
I think saying it's AS bad as racial abuse is maybe taking it a bit far, but it still shouldn't be tolerated. Why should people be made to feel inferior because of the colour of their hair? This is what happens a lot in the UK. Attractivness isn't really relevant.
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Oh it's a tricky subject for sure. The point I was making, is that if you are an attractive person, hair colour doesn't really matter so much because people are more struck by your good looks than your hair colour. I think people get picked on for all sorts of things anyway. I got shit at school becasue I had long hair, people used to think they were really original shouting 'Kurt Cobain' at me, but I just ignored it. Kids will pick up on anything that isn't the norm - what's to say these ginger kids wouldn't get picked on for something else if they didn't have red hair?
I get teased by my mates because I have ginger sideburns (despite having dark blonde/ light brown hair) and I find it quite funny, it's harmless and to me, it's kind of one of those ironic insults - like everyone knows there isn't really anything wrong with having ginger hair, but they are making out like there is, like in that South Park episode where Cartman says they have no soul!
I disagree. Attractiveness doesn't come into it, at least over here in the UK. Everyone does it because it's socially accepted, and they all think it's harmless fun. But what if it happened every day? Not just from people who you didn't like, or didn't know, but from people who are supposed to be your friends, who KNOW it bothers you but continue to taunt you about it anyway. And to be in the classroom and have the teachers do it. I used to have a maths teacher who would say "shut up ginger" every time I used to say anything. Everyone else thought it was hillarious, of course. And then to go home and have your family do it. And to walk down the street and have some person you don't even know shout at you, and people in passing cars. This STILL happens to me.
To you it might seem harmless, but the trend in this thread seems to be from people who actually have ginger hair, is that it does more harm than people might think.
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Hmm, if a teacher called me ginger I would have replied with "shut up cunt face", but that's just me....
The problem you have here, is that there is no obvious solution, and also it is kind of self-perpetuating because people do react to it. As much as you disagree, I do still believe that if a red-head is good looking, they are far less likely to suffer the abuse a less attractive red-head would. Obviously it is wrong to pick on someone for a physical characteristic, but in reality we are all guilty of it. We all look twice when we see a huge person in a mobility scooter, or someone dressed a bit 'differently' and I'm sure we are all guilty of making comments about them for our own amusement. Would it make any difference if we all patted each other on the back for being so politically correct? I don't think so. In my view, most decent right-thinking people, are perfectly capable of looking past any superficial shit like hair colour anyway - the only people who would make take the piss out of you to your face, are the kind of people who would pick on anything different in a person.
Hmm...i'm sure you would, and then have got expelled. The point I was making is that it's socially accepted, so for me to respond in a way like you suggest would get me into trouble. Add to that the fact that you have little to no confidence because of the continual abuse you receive for having ginger hair, and you most likely wouldn't respond that way.
I don't have a problem anymore. I'm not a child, and thankfully i've got a lot more confidence than I did then. So when people do take the piss, I either ignore them, or i'll pick someone about them to make fun of to see how they like it. People don't like it, you'd be surprised to hear.
So, as i've received abuse for this, and continue to, you're calling me ugly? Thanks.
Yes, we do all do it. And yes, I agree with the kind of people who do it openly. BUT, the world is NOT made up of decent, right-thinking people. It's made up of people who are so insecure that the home into anyone who is slightly different and attacks them, because that's what society has taught them to do.
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Now, take how that makes you feel and times it by god knows how much, increase the vindictiveness of the insults and how much they hurt and you may get close to how being constantly teased for being ginger feels.
You're not actually ginger so how can you even now how being ridiculed for something seemingly minor, like the natural color of your hair, feels?!
Please, don't try to talk about something you haven't experienced yourself, it'd be like me talking about the burdens of being male! :rolleyes:
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Wow. I have gone my whole life without really having a problem due to my red hair. I didn't realize that some folks really have a hard time with it. A few people here and there have mentioned it... and my friends to refer to me as a spitfire... but I attribute that as much to my personality as my hair.
I mean I got picked on...but no more or less then your average teenager.
Maybe it is just because my hair is more of an auburn then a bright red?
Probably. My twin brother is as ginger as ginger can be and he's suffered with other people's 'jokes' (ha de fucking ha :rolleyes: ) and insults for having red hair for years.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
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Ah you have no idea, I'm a bit 'react first, think later'. It kind of shocks people, because I'm quite quiet and people don't expect it from me. But if someone puts me down I have no issue speaking up - and there is no way I would have put up with being bullied by a fucking teacher. But I do appreciate where you are coming from, I know plenty of people wouldn't speak up.
Well if the cap fits......nah I'm only kidding, I'm just pointing out that some people are blessed with good looks and others aren't, and a good looking face can get a person a long way.
I don't think that is necessarily the case, I have a few friends with red hair, and they suffer no real issues because of it. In fact the one mate is incredibly popular with the ladies regardless of his ginger hair. I've just got back from a holiday with a few of them, and one night out these amazingly hot Swedish girls came and asked me and two friends if we wanted to go to a club with them. We happily obliged, and they promptly spent the entire night fawning over my red-head mate - and good for him!
I bet that there is an equivalent of being 'ginger' in most cultures around the world. Of course it sucks, and it is absolutely wrong, but what can you do about it?
My little bro has hair that was more red than mine growing up (it was fire engine red, and stood straight up as a baby). As far as I know he was never picked on much for it either.
I used to highlight my hair all the time, and have only recently gotten the last bit of that cut off so I am back to my natural color.
I have to say I get more compliments on my hair now then I ever did when I had more blonde in my hair. Guys seem to dig it too, with the exception of a certain hyper-opinionated aussie here on the board.
Oh, and I live in the US.... It would seem that makes a difference.
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Uk dude.
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Birmingham 500% white?!
Is there a rule that there must be a group segmented from society to be picked on?
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
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but the illusion of knowledge.
~Daniel Boorstin
Only a life lived for others is worth living.
~Albert Einstein
Haha!
I can imagine it can't be nice. It's weird really cause I did used to get picked on a bit when I was a teenager. I had long hair and dressed grungey so used to get called 'gay' and stuff like that, cause rock music was not really as widely accepted ten years ago as it is now. But I never really cared that much to be honest.