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Buckeye_Democrat

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1. Thank you!
Wed Sep 28, 2016, 02:41 PM
Sep 2016

I'm not trying to detract from the African American experience, but I can attest there's a bias against red-headed boys too. I went from blonde to red to brown-haired in my youth, and I was treated very poorly and unfairly during the red-haired years. Even the teachers would laugh if kids made jokes about my hair, and I got punished far more frequently despite my behavior remaining pretty much the same during the changes in hair color... except for some depression about my hair color and freckles.

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Thank you! Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #1
This was on CNN a few years ago. Buckeye_Democrat Sep 2016 #2
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