Gingerology

“Ok, so I have red hair. What’s the big deal?”

That sentence, dear readers is one self respecting redheads have been asking themselves since the dawn of time. Yet, like a misunderstood gay or faith filled Christian, we inevitably come across a scenario where we are cast out of average society and placed into isolation and shunned for how we were born.
That last paragraph could be perceived that I was referring the common world as Nazis...E.g. we must all conform and obey; dressed like cattle for the inevitable slaughter.
So, in theory what some people are suggesting is that we ‘gingers’ as it is politically and incorrectly said, should dye our hair either brown or yellow simply to avoid one form of trivial harassment?

After years of static research I have taken it onto myself to ask the question, “Why?”, every time somebody decides to mock me for my red roots. No one has ever given me an answer... Or a real answer anyway. Most of the time I get things like, “because you’re weird,” or simply “I dunno I just don’t like it.” Half of it I write up as bullshit and leave it at that.

Napoleon, Richard the Lionheart, Elizabeth 1st, Thomas Jefferson, Venus (Roman Goddess of Love), The Wright Brothers and Christopher Columbus. Any of these mean anything to you? Well guess what, they were all firey redheads. Warriors, Gods, geniuses and infamous leaders; awesome to say the least. That and European red heads are known to be descendent from Celts...need I say more?!

I’m not surprised that we red heads have been feared for well over a millennia and to this day are still seen as mysterious and a little odd. Of course back in the day we would have also been buried or burnt alive for having hell fire hair and relations with the devil. Records have even shown that some cultures even believed red hair was unlucky and would kill persons who bared its mark, to ward off the bad luck. Extreme? Well standards haven’t improved much today, even though we are now in 2010. Super intelligent human race? My arse!
I suppose, the people that brutally murdered those poor misunderstood creatures had good reasons for their torture and killing, they were smart enough to deduce that red heads could very well take over the world (See above to be reminded why).
Perhaps subconsciously, generation after generation who do not wish to be led by the red revolution, have allowed themselves to keep the hatred of their ancestors from many years ago?
Or perhaps, it’s because nobody wants to blend into the background and you are getting sick of us ginger mother fuckers stealing the lime light?

Either way, in order to move out of the caveman mind set, you must understand that everyone is different and special in their own way. Redheads even more so ;-)