Ginger and Re: Gingerism, gingerphobia

[Joel S. Berson]

At 8/11/2013 03:13 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
>Taunting is certainly not in good fun; the problem is that it's
>difficult to pin someone down for saying it because they can claim
>it was in good fun, and a red-headed child who complains can become
>the victim again when adults say the child is being too sensitive
>over something so minor as hair color.

There is the classic film "The Boy with Green Hair" (1948).

Joel

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