# Are ginger kids the new oppressed minority? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 23, 2008, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155 "2008-11-23T22:13:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/41 "2008-11-25T15:27:18Z")
> [@Gymnopithys](#): > > Nobody remembers Rita Hayworth ? I do, but I’m older than dirt. Was she a natural redhead, though? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/42 "2008-11-25T16:00:51Z")
[del]Quite possibly. Dad was Spanish but Mom was Irish.[/del] Edited for correction: Nope. Dark brown. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2008, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/43 "2008-11-27T03:09:04Z")
> [@vison](#): > > You go, girl. > > Um. > > Guy. What part of fools-_guy_-nee d’you not unnerstand? Nah, I kid, I intentionally tend to use non-genderspecific self-identification online. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2008, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/44 "2008-11-28T18:16:41Z")
Ginger kids are kind of the unwanted redheaded stepchild of bullied minorities. 😉 Seriously, I’ve seen reports of and comments on a number of instances where this is a problem. **Valteron** is bringing up an issue. Maybe the whole thing about not bullying **anyone** or stereotyping **anyone** for something that’s part of their innate nature is worthy of being emphasized? ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/45 "2008-11-29T16:31:10Z")
[Seems to be a large problem in England.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1aQfpbjuLE) Well, big enough to make fun of. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/46 "2008-11-29T16:37:20Z")
If anyone ever comments on my (decreasingly) red hair, it’s positive. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/47 "2008-11-29T16:44:27Z")
My dad is a ginger. We’ve never hugged. I’m not saying there is a connection. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9fc348/32.png) [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Flying_Dutchman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155/48 "2008-11-29T17:56:57Z")
I remember when I was a freshman in high school and a protest (by refusing to enter the school and stay outside) against extending the school year was organized. I thought it was stupid, yet I succumbed because I just wanted to participate in a group action that comes along rarely and find out what it would be like. About the same time, given I had never punched anyone, I was involved with a mild dispute with a neighbour boy. I can still remember clearly, contemplating whether or not to punch him and find out if I could actually throw a decent punch. I did. I had the satisfaction of knowing that I connected very well, but on the other hand I felt nothing else but remorse and never punched anyone else since. I sort of take this event in the same vein. Kids wanting to know what its like to be a bully on one day,given a group mandate, does not translate into a lifetime of bullying or bigotry. Individual actions should be punished, but I don’t see a hate crime here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-ginger-kids-the-new-oppressed-minority/474155.md?page=2)