Comments on Gingerism: Youth Unlimited Magazine on ginger phobia

I personally love being a "ginga" my nic...

2011-08-13T03:48:42.304+01:00

I personally love being a "ginga" my nickname is the "ginga ninja" i do not take offense to any remarks made about having red hair. im rare. the sad thing is girls dye their hair to have my beautiful one of a kind red hair. and as for the freckle situation a guy once told me "freckles are beauty marks and your covered in them. whats that tell ya?" so i think the reason behind ginger bashing is because were different, unique, and easy to spot in a crowd. :) and only 1-2% of the worlds population is redheads. (natural ones anyways) were rare which makes us more exciting thats why bitches hate us!juss sayin.

Love a proud effin ginga (er is offensive must use an a) :)

I'm red hair phobic. Natural or dyed, it makes...

2011-05-25T23:32:13.776+01:00

I'm red hair phobic. Natural or dyed, it makes me cringe. Every. Single. Time. I have this automatic dislike for redheads and I wish I didn't. But it might be because every redhead I've known thus far have had awful personalities. So it's an ingrained reaction. :shrugs:

Think you might like this story - my gf is red-hea...

2010-06-26T05:55:08.821+01:00

Think you might like this story - my gf is red-head.

http://www.theanecdotalist.com/2010/06/in-the-field

Would appreciate seeing feedback - let me know!

never thought there is discrimination juz because ...

2010-01-10T09:15:05.333Z

never thought there is discrimination juz because of different hair colour...

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

2009-12-13T23:51:36.262Z

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

The only rudeness I've encountered is about my...

2009-11-16T05:32:08.374Z

The only rudeness I've encountered is about my freckles and invisible eyebrows/eyelashes. Once I learned how to paint my face, nobody hassled me. Harder for males, of course. But the key to rebuffing bullies is to exalt in your difference, no matter what it is. Hell, there are so many advantages to be melanin-light!

having red hair made my first and second years of ...

2009-08-24T05:46:18.069+01:00

having red hair made my first and second years of high school hell

I personally hate the word ginga, it is just plain rude. what I don't understand is if I was to start calling people names because of the colour of their skin I would be in alot of trouble but being treated diffrently because of hair colour is completely fine.

Now I love my hair colour, i bet no one in the whole world has the same colour as mine

I'd never even heard of gingerism until recent...

2009-07-31T18:02:28.688+01:00

I'd never even heard of gingerism until recently -- we don't use that term in the U.S. I think some prejudice exists here as well. (You hear expressions like a "red-haired stepchild" for someone who is excluded or mistreated.) But it sounds like nothing compared to the U.K. So sad.

you know me havign red hair has been more great fo...

2009-07-30T18:20:03.541+01:00

you know me havign red hair has been more great for me honestly, all my friedns call me ginger and evryoen loves teh red hair...i see almost no hate for it...i see more love for my hair than anything, and i even joke about my redhair to friends and people i dont know which makes them laugh and its a good way to make friends...laugh with them.

you know me havign red hair has been more great fo...

2009-07-30T18:18:44.953+01:00

Im pround to be a ginger ninja cause ive not took ...

2009-04-19T20:16:00.000+01:00

Im pround to be a ginger ninja cause ive not took any notice of the comments and discrimination agaist people with red or ginger hair.

You know it is funny. I have red hair, and over th...

2009-02-15T20:23:00.000Z

You know it is funny. I have red hair, and over the last few years I have dyed it black and with my black hair, I have had some good "luck". The beginning of this year I decided to attack my head with a bottle of bleach and in doing so it went more towards my natural hair color, which is strawberry blond rather then the straight blond that I was hoping for. Since I had bleached it EVERYTHING went bad, from losing respect from people for no reason to my boss having issues with me. I thought about it and well by the 10th of Feb I had had enough of the BS and dyed it back to black since then I have not had as many bad looks from strangers and people generally just treat me better, it is sad really. One thing that has been noticed is that my eyes seem a lot bigger and therefore look more "innocent" due to having blue eyes with black hair and since my complexion is pretty fair it strikes me as odd that people assume that the black is my natural hair color and that I am not a Ginger. Your article was good and I think that if my own social experiment proves anything it is that people are gingerphobes.