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July 25, 2008 10:44:49 PM CDT



UK Gingers See Red Over Harassment

Posted Jun 6, 07 4:13 PM CDT in World Arts & Living Glossies 

(Newser) – The UK is ignoring a vicious form of discrimination, the BBC reports—one based not on skin color but hair color. Britain's red-headed schoolkids face bullying, women feel stereotyped, and auburn-haired Britons report harassment with epithets like carrot-top, copper-top, ginger-nut, and even Ronald McDonald.

Photographer Charlotte Rushton shot 300 British redheads for her book, Ginger Snaps, and says all but two have endured torment. The first anti-red hair hate crime may have occurred in 2003 when a 20-year-old was stabbed in the back. "There is nothing like this in the US," one commentator explains. In that enlightened country, "red hair is considered glamorous."

Source BBC

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