That colleague made comment about ginger babies

It's very much a sense of humour thing. "The Ginger Gene"!!

All 3 of my children are dark blonde, as am I and my husband, but my grandad was a red-head so I carry the ginger gene, and my hair certainly has a ginger tinge to it. My brother has a very ginger beard! Two of my cousins are VERY ginger.

I know many people who joke about the ginger gene, but have never come across anyone who meant it in a nasty way - quite the opposite that most people love red hair and the ginger gene is something to be proud of!

If people judge based on someone's hair colour then that makes them rather thick!

I have a ginger daughter who is almost 8 so still very young. My son is almost 12 and in high school, and I'm so grateful he is not ginger as a couple of his friends are and the children are absolutely disgusting towards them because of it. It just shows that this is learned behaviour by bully adults, as kids don't care!
One thing I did notice though, when my eldest 2 (1 blonde, 1 brown hair) were little, no one ever commented, but my youngest was born and all I heard was how beautiful her hair is. She has also recently picked up on this and asks why everyone comments.

She was very very rude.

I can never understand why people are so weird about ginger hair or red hair. I think it is beautiful.

I’m ginge and comments like hers really dented my confidence as a child. Fortunately, my parents and grandparents all really loved my hair, and told me constantly.

Why are people such twats about red hair?!

I remember when my dd was born and a friend met her for the first time. The first thing out of her mouth was ‘oh my god she’s ginger’ she didn’t mean it in a good way.
Ive done my best to bring my daughter up to be proud of her hair colour and I don’t think she’s suffered any prejudice because of it so far. It’s beautiful but my friend at school was horribly bullied because of her hair

She's an ignorant person, her grammar is appalling, too.

Eg: ''Would of hated to have had &c''

You should have replied ''I would have hated to have been born with your level of prejudice' and stalked off, swishing your red hair proudly.

And there was me wishing for a red-haired baby, and all three of mine are blonde. They say it skips a generation and my Mum has lovely auburn hair, so I had everything crossed. Your colleague sounds absolutely intolerable and pathetic 🙄

I think, as a PP has said, it originated as anti Irish sentiment. Most likely the people who tease red heads today don't know that, it's just something that has become ingrained in some areas, but it probably originated as prejudice against Irish immigrants to England, like my ancestors, and reflects the history of the two countries.

Silly woman. My husband has, or maybe had, red hair. My kids missed out on it. I can remember once looking for them in a ball pool at a play centre and thinking it would be a lot easier if they were ginger!

I love red hair but I do think that people can be really rude about it. My husband has always owned it and has met fire with fire so to speak. 🤣 You need a quick come back. Someone else mentioned up thread, rather ginger than rude, and I think that's perfect. Make sure you teach your baby that!

I hate people talking like this, its more commonplace than people may realise.
I am red headed and wouldn't give a shit if it was aimed at me, but I was very self consious of my hair as a child.
I remember at my neighbour's daughters christening, her ginger daughter, people were joking that they couldn't blame her having a bonnet on the baby, as it would hide her hair.
People make jokes about ginger hair in front of me and then realise and say to me that my hair isn't actually ginger, is it? well, yes , it is as ginger as ginger could be.
and even some family members say they would dye their babies hair or leave it on my doorstep if it turns out ginger, all in good humour but not nice.
Oh, and I LOVE my hair.

I'm ginger and honestly I am relieved that my daughter isn't. It's probably a bit shit of me but I'm still a bit traumatised by bullying I endured in childhood and would not want her to go through that.

This had me pmsl🤣🤣🤣

I'd love to know precisely what demographics of people hate redheads. It's such a weird thing that I haven't encountered in other countries.
I would be beyond thrilled to have a rh child.

I wish you'd have turned around and said something along the lines of 'yeah I suppose it's much better to have brown hair, it's so common your dc won't stand out and be special that way'

She's a twat

Gross. Two of my siblings have red hair. A “friend” at uni kept talking about how she’d have a ginger kid adopted and how disgusting it was to be ginger. She had a real bee in her bonnet about it. I remember showing her a picture of my siblings and her face went a bit white and she never said anything like that again. Stupid dickhead to say it in the first place though - no better than racism.

Indeed

Yanbu she was horrid and rude and ginger-ist

I’m gingery & all my parents / siblings / nieces etc are. Sadly my Dc’s are blonde but hey-ho.

”Ginger-ism” is the last acceptable face of colour prejudice and it’s abhorrent and double-standards whilst everyone’s waving ‘BLM’ flags

I’d’ve looked her STRAIGHT in the eye and said: “I wasn’t aware colour prejudice is allowed in this workplace?” 🤨

Call it out - it’s discrimination on a person’s colour. It’s not ok to any race / colour / ethnicity. It’s not ok at all.

Stupid little bitch who’s sense of ‘humour’ got stuck in the 1970’s. 🙄

What a stupid thing to say.
Beyond the rudeness of it, it's time to end that ridiculous ginger stigma that leads to bullying at school. How can it be ok?

How embarrassing for her. Silly woman. Bet she feels like right tool now.
It's definitely rude but she's no doubt ashamed and won't be saying stuff like that again.
When your baby is born you can show off some pictures and say loudly 'oh, I'd better not show Linda, as we know how much she hates ginger babies! She'll probably need therapy if she even catches a glimpse'

@UneTasse - I also wanted so desperately to be Jinny Manders, and could never understand why my parents wouldn't up sticks and buy a property with stables and acres of land, never mind that I could barely stay on my friend's short fat armchair of a pony!!

As a fellow ginger, this really pisses me off! My SIL was very vocal about hating red hair and didn't know what she would have done if one of her babies had been born with red hair?!?! I mean WTAF?!?

Your colleague is awful and I hope she cringes until she turns inside out.

My eldest has the most wonderful bright orange hair and I just pray he doesn’t end up at school with kids who have parents like this awful woman.

She sounds ridiculous. I would pay no attention to her at all.