Poll of the Day > Why is racism against gingers not taking as seriously as other forms of racism?

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https://everythingforredheads.co.uk/is-gingerism-a-form-of-racism-join-the-debate/

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/features/report/8233/why-redheads-are-genetically-less-attractive/

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-23648041

Recent studies say that ginger experience as much racism by other whites as Blacks and Arabs while also experiencing even more racism than other whites from non whites.

DrChocolate posted...

Recent studies say that ginger experience as much racism by other whites as Blacks and Arabs

I'm going to need heavy details on these studies as well as reports of police brutality and unjust terror accusations before I believe that, not that I dont think they get a tough deal.
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DrChocolate posted...

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/features/report/8233/why-redheads-are-genetically-less-attractive/

LOL, what happened to 'It's just my preference' defense?
Anyway, the article is actually only saying that it's only a possibility.
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Part of the problem is that you're mostly citing UK sources, where it's always been way more of a deal than it ever has in the US.

Which is probably down to the Irish. In the UK they've always been seen as troublemakers and problems right up to the point when they finally weaseled their way out of the Union (and then afterwards as well, during most of the problems in Northern Ireland), whereas in the US there's a ton of people of Irish descent who've had huge impacts on culture and society in general.

Different cultures are always going to produce different forms of racism, because racism is rarely knee-jerk disdain for the different (no matter how often some people like to paint it that way), but is usually motivated by at least a few other socio-economic factors as well.

In the same vein, I'd argue that racial discrimination against blacks was always stronger in the US than the UK (at least in modern times), whereas the UK probably had more pushback against Indians and Pakistanis for most of the later 20th century than the US ever did. And so on.


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'Ginger' is not a race.

Dreamsaber posted...

DrChocolate posted...

http://kernelmag.dailydot.com/features/report/8233/why-redheads-are-genetically-less-attractive/

LOL, what happened to 'It's just my preference' defense?
Anyway, the article is actually only saying that it's only a possibility.

The redder the head, the better in bed
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probably because they are white, or the same reason no one pays attention to black on black racism, which i've actually seen. two black kids getting into a argument based on whos darker, I was confused as fuck lol.
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HillChange posted...

'Ginger' is not a race.

Race is a social construct... the differences between humans are better explained as clades rather than races. IE:

Greeks genetically closed to Turks even though most greeks are considered white and most turns are not usually considered white.

Average British people look more like Russians than Italians but are closer genetically to Italians

There are no clean divides between the races just progressive changes based on geography

red hair isn't a race.

my hair is auburn now but was red when i was a kid
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Most people who are simply ugly get bullied because of their ugliness, more likely to be convicted by a jury, less likely to "Get the job". so do we need laws protecting ugly people?
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DrChocolate posted...

HillChange posted...

'Ginger' is not a race.

Race is a social construct... the differences between humans are better explained as clades rather than races. IE:

Greeks genetically closed to Turks even though most greeks are considered white and most turns are not usually considered white.

Average British people look more like Russians than Italians but are closer genetically to Italians

There are no clean divides between the races just progressive changes based on geography

so wrong. there are difference between races (not just visual). bone structure, shape of teeth, hair, etc.
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PyroBlade1985 posted...

Is race is a "social construct". Than I guess it's OK to claim to be a black ginger Canadian Klingon?

only if you are actually a black ginger, which is impossible by the way. only white people can have red hair naturally

Zikten posted...

PyroBlade1985 posted...

Is race is a "social construct". Than I guess it's OK to claim to be a black ginger Canadian Klingon?

only if you are actually a black ginger, which is impossible by the way. only white people can have red hair naturally

no it's not. I don't know if you're joking or not but I've met a black ginger.
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Couldn't find the gif of this but w/e.


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It's all Cartman's fault.
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DrChocolate posted...

HillChange posted...

'Ginger' is not a race.

Race is a social construct

OMG, shut up.
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HillChange posted...

'Ginger' is not a race.

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acesxhigh posted...

so do we need laws protecting ugly people?

We really should.
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I freakin' LOVE when topic creators realize they can't refute the first few posts in a topic so they instead jump to the first reply they have a slim chance at arguing against in hopes of saving the smallest fraction of their dignity.
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Because it was a stupid joke on south park

Even if it technically isn't racism it is still bullying of someone over something they were born with
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Even if ginger was a race, which its not taken seriously because they are white.

Mead posted...

Because it was a stupid joke on south park

Even if it technically isn't racism it is still bullying of someone over something they were born with

waaah
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They don't have souls

Same with the Chinese
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dioxxys posted...

Even if ginger was a race, which its not taken seriously because they are white.

Which does make it racist?

dedbus posted...

dioxxys posted...

Even if ginger was a race, which its not taken seriously because they are white.

Which does make it racist?

Nah, man. You can't be racist to white people since they are the ones oppressing everyone. /sarcasm
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