"Ginger boys are just ugly"

Don't Jews have dark hair generally?

I think that they were Polish is something of a white elephant. I suspect if the victim hadnt come along they would have indulged in an aligned occupation such as gay bashing. Vile vile thugs.

And plenty of people who aren't particularly attractive manage to walk down the street without comment, while I am sure that many red heads who suffer abuse are, objectively, good looking.

Poles chase gingers because of antisemitism. A Polish colleague mentioned this when we were discussing cultural differences. He was redhaired himself, and quite enjoyed living in the UK where we don't do the whole pogrom bollocks.

Have not RTFT but - How rude and ignorant. Sitting there saying those things surrounded by people who are probably just hoping for a healthy child, who cares what hair colour?! People probably say these things light heartedly without realising how offensive they are. Hope it didn't ruin your DP's day. I bet the perpetrator wasn't exactly winning any beauty contests herself anyway.

Carabos, awful thing to happen to,your son. Very sad.

just the same as some people don't like brown/blonde hair

There are people who honestly don't like brown or blonde hair to the extent that they claim that they wouldn't go out with somebody with brown or blonde hair?

I think it's very odd to be that specific about appearance. Clearly some people are more good looking than others - but surely that is more than a matter of pigmentation?

I think they are lovely, girls with beautiful red / auburn locks are stunning.
Chris Evans of TFI friday fame has made a fortune from looking different!
Whats the problem these days? the whole image, got to look,this way or that way is just meh in my opinion. Being young must be awful nowadays.,i dont envy them.

I've lived in the UK for 20 years and I've also lived in 3 other countries. I've never seen this level of vitriol against a hair colour before coming to Britain. I think I'm too old now to understand this obsession with ginger hair.

Like Flash says, not liking ginger hair is a personal opinion like you all have personal opinions/likes/dislikes on any physical feature. People shouldn't be sworn at for not liking ginger hair!!! People are allowed to not like ginger hair just the same as some people don't like brown/blonde hair etc. Its just the way they air that opinion that could be more sensitive.

I say this on all of these threads - MN might be a cheerleading collective for redheads, but in RL things can be very different. My ginger DS2 is abused by strangers every day for his looks - he's of the skinny, pale, invisible eyebrows, invisible lashes, freckles and ice-water blue eyes variety. He also has an orange beard.

He's been bullied, attacked, pestered and teased, including by his teachers, since birth. He's been chased through the streets of Amsterdam by a hen party and chased through the streets of Harrogate by a gang of Poles who beat him senseless - because he's ginger.

IMO the debate isn't about a hierarchy of abuse with racism at the top, it's about why do people of all ages, classes and ethnic background behave like this?

I think people are missing the point here...

I agree, ginger people can be very attractive, but that's a personal opinion... Some people just won't find people with ginger hair attractive, in the same way there are some physical attributes I don't personally find that attractive... The difference is that I don't say stuff like 'I think babies with XXX are ugly!' As it's demeaning and superficial.

Has anyone mentioned Eric Mabius from Ugly Betty yet? And if not, why not?

People saying that having 'ginger hair' is equivalent to being 'Black' - YASSSSSSSSU

Cactus - whereas there are clearly some historical differences, I'm scratching my head as to why you think it is so very, very unreasonable for people to draw an equivalence between people being victimised because of their skin colour and those victimised because of their hair colour?

I LOVE ginger hair. It's so unusual and striking. My best friend from school has ginger hair. I had a similar conversation with my mother who was utterly horrified when I was first pregnant and told her there was some ginger on DHs side of the family. But she is one of the bitchiest and most shallow people I have ever met.

I passed a lad in the street, full curly head of gingery blonde hair and full ginger beard - wow he was striking. Looked like he'd walked off a viking/ Kingdom/ Game of thrones film set.

We have ginger in the family - it can go with the most pretty rosy creamy skin.

My DS is ginger and he is incredibly handsome! absolutely no bias here at all

My DD1 is blonde, my DD2 is ginger. I was a bit surprised when DD1 was born but she has redeemed herself by marrying a ginger man!

www.google.co.uk/search?q=tom+Hiddleston+ginger&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=inv&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAWoVChMIhunDt6XsyAIVye4aCh15vwOR&biw=320&bih=452

drool

I fancied him as Loki and then realised he was actually ginger and he shot to the top of The List. DSis reckons he looks too much like DH though and so she can't approve

I saw Damien Lewis on my way to work one morning (I do work in the Wedt End). I walked around the corner and we almost crashed into each other. I didn't say anything just looked into his eye and we both smiled. Let's say I wish that happened everyday. So the woman was wrong as well as rude OP.

Ummmm... Tom Hiddleston anyone?!

DH is ginger. I think hes super hot.

Ok who left the gate open on the twat farm again?

Kristofer Hivju from Game of Thrones fame in the UK.

Mother and son. They seem to have done all right in spite of their red hair.

I think red hair is common enough in English people for it to be difficult to argue that people who are anti-red hair are anti-scot or anti-Irish.

Some people just aren't very bright. For a long time it was fine to victimise anyone on the basis of difference. Now that so many other groups are no longer legitimate, some people cling on to the idea that a redhead can still be a target for abuse.

My DS has the most beautiful ginger hair & skin so white it's like alabaster.
At 17 he's growing his hair shoulder length.
He's swopped 6th form college because he was bullied dreadfully at his last one for being ginger, (& he's 6 ft 3").
I know I'm his Mum, but I think he's gorgeous!

I think it is racist. Red hair tends to originate from certain northern European areas, so is predominantly a racial characteristic. I'll admit that until a few years ago, I couldn't see myself with a man with red hair, but then one day I suddenly 'got it', and now I definitely would.