Seeing Red
... have I ever explained why this journal's called seeingred, or the tongue-in-cheek "Another Redhead Against Racism" title, or the (delightful) "Redheads Against Racism" icon (made for me by outsdr)? I've just added a little thing about it to the userinfo:seeingred gets its name from an incident in 2007 in which a UK politician said racism was no worse than "gingerism", and the posting I made in response to the debate, Why having red hair is not like being Black :-).
Do you remember that Star Trek where Captain Picard learns that an ancestor of his participated in a massacre, and feels a nagging personal responsibility to set that old crime right?* For me, the gingerism vs racism debate created a similar feeling of obligation.** By Brigid, Thor, and Set! You're appropriating my frankly magnificent hair colour to excuse racism? Have at ye! :D
* If you do, please leave a comment, 'cos I can't remember which one it was!
** Along with tremendous curiosity - I had no idea that red hair was such a big deal in the UK! In fact, it was only after I read up on it that I understood the joke in The Christmas Invasion where the Doctor asks if he's ginger.
Do you remember that Star Trek where Captain Picard learns that an ancestor of his participated in a massacre, and feels a nagging personal responsibility to set that old crime right?* For me, the gingerism vs racism debate created a similar feeling of obligation.** By Brigid, Thor, and Set! You're appropriating my frankly magnificent hair colour to excuse racism? Have at ye! :D
* If you do, please leave a comment, 'cos I can't remember which one it was!
** Along with tremendous curiosity - I had no idea that red hair was such a big deal in the UK! In fact, it was only after I read up on it that I understood the joke in The Christmas Invasion where the Doctor asks if he's ginger.