Ridiculous comments about red hair

'in a way that black children rarely experience to the same extent these days.'

says who?

Well exactly @OnceUponATimeInChristmasTime . I don't have red hair, my sister doesn't have red hair, my parents don't. I have a red headed cousin though. But as the red headed gene is recessive, there's only a 1 in 4 chance of two parents with a red-headed gene having a red-headed baby. My other two children who are not red heads could well go on to have a red headed baby too, depending on their partner's genes.

Having red hair means you are part of a minority.

Due to historical prejudice by the English against Irish and Scots, as well as it being 'acceptable to poke fun at red-heads', many children with red hair experience name-calling and bullying throughout childhood, in a way that black children rarely experience to the same extent these days.

And whilst red hair is often admired in women, men with red hair do experience discrimination on the basis of how they look.

This has made me feel quite sad. I got tough about it, referred to myself as ginger, laughed along with the jokes but you know what? Deep down it still hurt and I think this thread has brought it up to the surface so I'll go now but OP people are stupid and I'm sure your baby is beautiful.

My 9 month old has lovely red hair and we always get comments on it. People like to say that red heads are feisty, or that he won’t go grey when he’s older. Or they just say what lovey hair he has. I’ve not had any negative comments, but red hair is definitely becoming more common where we live so I hope he won’t face any bullying for it when he reaches school 🤞
I never really know how to respond when people comment on his hair though - I tend to just say thanks, yes he’s got it from his dad 🤷🏻‍♀️

I have three daughters with red hair. They get lots of compliments, but people also love to say “ I bet you are glad you have girls, a boy with that colour hair would be awful “

Also, at least two of the boys who used to tease me about my hair at school went on to have red headed children. I hope to god their children don't have to put up with kids like their fathers in their classes as they grow up!

I suppose it depends on the workplace. I don't imagine it's an issue at No 10 but my husband was the first black officer in his police force and it was certainly an issue for him. Long time ago so apologies to police forces now if things have changed.

I suppose the big difference is that lots of people who wouldn't comment on skin colour as they know it is wrong feel free to comment on ginger hair.

I'm a redhead. I love it now, although it's more auburn than the bright orange it was when I was young. I wish I had embraced it more when I was younger, rather than dying it so often but I'm embracing it now.
My grandparents adored it. I remember them cooing over it and making sure I had lots of green party dresses at Christmas because redheads suit green, you know!
When I was pregnant with my first child, my sister in law (who, admittedly was about 15 at the time) asked me in genuine concern, what I would do if the baby was ginger. I didn't know what to say! But that stuck with me. None of my kids have red hair, but I would have loved it if they did!

I’ve had this but only from close family. Making jokes like “oh still ginger is she? You never know she might change so don’t worry!” Referring to my “angry red head” child. My eldest is 8 and my new one now 7 months. Both born with beautiful red hair. Dd1 is the only one is her whole school with red hair and she loves it! Dd1 below when she was 3. It’s not changed. Dd2 has the same too.

@Willyoujustbequiet

It's the posts that MN have now deleted. They clearly agreed.

'It's just made up nonsense. It doesnt exist here. Everyone just trying so hard to be a victim and pretend to be oppressed all the time...so boring and pathetic. And pretty insulting to those who experience actual hardship.'

'The 'it' is that minorities in this country are discriminated against because of their skin colour.'

She doesn't believe that minorities are discriminated against because of their skin colour.

I used to love going to visit family in Ireland when I was a kid as no one was bothered about my red hair.

She expressed her opinion that people of colour are not discriminated against in the workplace @Willyoujustbequiet

Why would someone come and say that to me?

Mental illness

It's common in the north east of England too but the further south you go I agree the comments get worse.

For the love of god can you stop replying to that poster. I’ve forgotten what this thread is about!

Can you explain which part? I can't see that she has said anything worth reporting?

@Meemoos
Fucking hell, what a pile of shit you talk. White men being discriminated against?? Lucky I'm wearing my corsets or I'd split my sides laughing! As fucking if.

Non-white people are discriminated against from the moment they are born. Whatever your situation - if you are white, it would be worse if you were not white.

I'm 70 and my hair has gone a very dark battleship grey. I so wish it would just go white, the dark colour looks so wrong with my skin tone. There does seem to be a difference with losing our hair colour when we are red heads.

As someone with read hair, I really hate being referred to as ginger. I never had a problem in Scotland, but when my family moved to England when I was a teenager, the insults were frequent.

Someone educate me. This an invite. Is it the same? Teasing for a trait is the same as constructive discrimination?

I await a 'discrimination' of this point. Excuse the pun. Feel free to be harsh.

My son has beautiful ginger hair. People are dicks, and that's the truth. Even we have had family say stupid stuff which we now pick up on and ask them to apologise. It's really really annoying people are dicks. But you have to get your child to shrug it off and embrace the beauty of the hair colour. I would recommend using words like "ginger" so they don't see it as an insult themselves - some people avoid using the word which only makes it worse for the child IMHO.

And actually, if you are a white man in this country you're often bottom of the list when applying for jobs now because everyone is so worried about making sure they are 'inclusive'.

Absolute bullshit.

My partner was very very ginger when he was young, he suffered a lot of bullying. He died it brown at the beginning of uni time. I found his hair beautiful and with the freckles in my home country he would have been a young model ..