I agree with this. A lot of people want to "own" you or think you a toy because you have red hair. Baffles me.Even the positive side of being treated like a novelty item can get annoying at times.
Read: Low.Edward said:Any kid that looks different at school will get teased by a certain mentality.
Edward said:If it's not because they have red hair, it's because they wear glasses, are short, are tall, have big boobs, are fat, thin..... whatever.
BegintheBeguine said:Of course, I am proud. I was blessed with a beautiful face and figure and thick flaming hair and always got a lot of attention, good or bad. Thanks to everyone on this thread who comiserated, was appalled by the reports, or was sympathetic. Colorism stinks. To all who weren't ever attacked or ill-treated, I'm glad, that's the way it should be. I rather like being called Ginger by a cute British guy, but Tampon-head by a jerk American of any stripe isn't quite as fun. Or 'all people with red hair should be drowned at birth'. I've lost count of how many times I've heard that. Is there some eejit manual they all have to read?
Fleur De Guerre said:Like Edward said, bullying is rife in a lot of schools, and anything is used as an excuse, being tall, thin, fat, short, glasses, no boobs, big boobs, dead parent, the list is endless! And in the UK there are so very many people who still do like to make fun of people even when grown up.
MrNewportCustom said:2: Yes - If you wear glasses, you've heard them all, too.
Henna was used to make the hair look more red.BeBopBaby said:While in Egypt, my mother in law was offered 200 camel for her hand in marriage by an Egyptian man because of her red hair. Speaking of Egypt, scientists have found mummies with red hair and have found paintings of people with red hair and blue eyes in ancient Egyptian temples. Who would have guessed that there were red-heads in Northern Africa then?
$ally said:Henna was used to make the hair look more red.
And with good reason, Ms. Ashley. Someone tried to "light me up", it'd be "light at the end of the tunnel" time for them--that's attempted murder they perped!BegintheBeguine said:Darn tootin' I'm mad.
I'm certainly not making light of that criminal behavior! I've never been persecuted about my coloring, so I can't even imagine how horrible that must have been. Why would anyone do that?BegintheBeguine said:Well, no, no one was lynched but I don't like to keep quiet about any kind of discrimination for something someone was born with. To not get a job because of my natural hair color? To be thrown down stairs , to be set on fire? That wasn't someone's ancestor, that was me. Darn tootin' I'm mad.
It did rather come out that I thought you were making light of it, but I didn't mean it that way. Well no it's not nearly as serious as getting lynched, of course it's not, is what I meant but...sorry to be misunderstood. As to why people did it, they needed a weaker target apparently and instead of attacking their attackers and discriminators they picked me. Or in some cases they were ignorant. "If anyone says something about you, it's because there's something wrong with them, not you." Wise words, Edward. It's true I usually didn't mind having red hair. We were taught to turn the other cheek, other people's feelings, wants and needs are more important than our own and blah blah blah but still it made me mad. It's some of those 'news show' hosts smirking in the clip that really got me.$ally said:I'm certainly not making light of that criminal behavior! I've never been persecuted about my coloring, so I can't even imagine how horrible that must have been. Why would anyone do that?