Nathaniel Charles 14 Jan 2022
Individuals with ginger hair could be the next protected characteristic with a UK Equality Charity CEO warning of prejudice against them.
Chrissy Meleady MBE, CEO of Equalities and Human Rights UK, has suggested that “Gingerphobia” is one of the last “socially accepted forms of prejudice” directed against people “for a trait they were born with”.
Meleady, who is a redhead herself, has highlighted that gingers have faced abuse for thousands of years, and the problem has been described as “particularly acute” in modern day Britain.
In her statement Meleady also highlighted incidents where prospective parents have stated they would accept any child – including transgender kids or children with disabilities – bar a ginger one, and one case where parents physically abused their baby for having red hair – claiming it was “the mark of the devil”.
Speaking to the Sheffield Star, Chrissy Meleady also called for more to be “done to protect red haired children” from “gingerism or anti-red haired prejudice and abuse from other children”.
Speaking to Breitbart in response to Meleady’s views, political commentator Sophie Corcoran, who has ginger hair said, “Don’t turn us gingers into the next victimised or oppressed group – we have all experienced our fair share of ridicule, but there’s a very clear difference between banter and bullying – we must draw a line between the two. #GingerLivesMatter”.
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https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/01/14/ginger-lives-matter-equalities-ceo-says-gingers-need-better-protection/
