An interesting point was raised in a previous post ‘Horizon Program due to Air Tonight’.
Simon Bibby was wondering if ‘anti-ginge was the last remaining ‘acceptable’ form of discrimination’?
I do not want this to turn into a serious post but I thought that he raised some interesting points.
For example, a top supermarket was going to launch this Christmas card. In the end they decided to take it off the shelves.
Imagine what would have happen if they had swapped the word ‘Ginger’ with ‘Black’ and then changed the ginger kid to a Black kid.
So why was it acceptable to put the word ‘Ginger’ in?
Well, I am not sure that it was. Saying that, I do wish someone had got into that supermarket early and brought me that Christmas card. I would have framed it on my wall for prosperity!
On a more serious note, in the past there has been many a dumb ass to have pointed out the colour of my 
hair. Normally with higher original terms like: Ginger Nuts! Duracell! oi ginga! and my favourite… Bradley! (from EastEnders)
The Bradley one was actually quite funny. For a while I was driving a White van (yep the dreaded White van driver!) and on one job I was dropping off some equipment at a busy hospital in the centre of London.
As soon as I got out of the van, a lady who must have been in her 60/70’s shouted, ‘Oi Bradley how’s Stacey getting on?’ ‘You still going to marry her!’
Well what do you say to that?
What other ginger jokes have people been brave enough to tell me, well I can remember one chess player telling me the following one.
‘A Doctor goes into a hospital ward to see a pregnant lady, who has had terrible stomach cramps and fears for the unborn child…
“Well, my dear, there’s good news and bad news. We’ve run some tests and the bad news is that your baby has ginger hair.”
“Oh no!” she replies, “what’s the good news?” 
The Doctor replies, “it’s dead’
Pretty harsh!
Well it’s not all bad news. Simon Ansell pointed out the following clip which showed a ginger in good light: Shaun White the Flying Tomato!
There is also Steve Davies, Damian Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Paul Scoles, Chuck Norris, Prince Harry etc.
Notice how I have left out Mick Hucknall even if he is a famous swordsman…
Here are some links that Simon Bibby left, for more discussion on ginger abuse:
The Guardian – Seeing Red
The Telegraph – Tesco should stand by it’s Christmas card
Zimbio – Should you dye your hair if you’re being bullied…?
Anyone got any thoughts on the matter?
Maybe gingergm should start producing a t-shirt range.
What would you put on the t-shirt? For better or worse!
Talking of t-shirts, didn’t we have a bet a while ago?