Redheads: Last targets of acceptable discrimination

Gingerism is the last socially acceptable form of discrimination, according to the author of a new book exploring the history of red-headedness.

Writer Jacky Colliss Harvey will discuss the discrimination many redheads around the world still face when she gives a talk at the Irish Redhead Convention in Co. Cork later this week.

The flame-haired author’s new book, ‘Red - A Natural History of the Redhead’, examines the history of red hair through the ages, as well as focusing on modern-day attitudes to people with red hair.