A reader writes in reaction to our latest MHB:
I’m an American who’s lived in the UK for over 10 years. In fact, I’m such an Anglophile I became a British citizen. So I like to think I have a pretty good grasp of what makes the English tick. I get the UK/France rivalry. I understand that I’m supposed to hate the Germans (but never mention The War). I can queue with the best of them, and I’ve got talking about the weather down to an art form. However, one thing I will never understand, and something that has never been explained to me satisfactorily, is why the British give redheads (gingers) such a hard time. Perhaps you can enlighten us?
No clue. Maybe a residue of anti-Celtic prejudice? Maybe in a once-all white island, someone had to be the despised minority (after Jews and Catholics). The good news is that Pixar looks set to release a major Ginger-empowerment movie:
But prejudice is, alas, eternal. And Rebekah Brooks doesn’t help.
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