BBC denies Doctor Who 'anti-ginger' regeneration (Agenda against red-haired people is alleged)

The Times (U.K.) ^ | January 6, 2009 | Adam Sherwin

[CalvaryJohn]

Best case scenario:

[La Lydia]

Catherine Tate skit about a shelter for abused gingers — whom even the police diss.
http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/fdce88e2ba/the-ginger-refuge-w-catherine-tate-from-greatest-comedy-sketches

[Stoat]

This appears to be turning into a ‘red-headed hotties’ thread, which is fine by me ;-)

[BenKenobi]

and me. i love redheads.

[Stoat]

FUNNY! Thank you for posting :-)

[Stoat]

and me. i love redheads.

Agreed.  Roma Downey's hair is one of the things that made Touched By An Angel so special...that and her Irish accent

"sigh"

[La Lydia]

I love Catherine Tate. She is always hilarious. “Am I bovvered?”

[Nachum]

King David was a ginger

[reg45]

Take any hottie and give her red hair! Voila! Megahottie!

[Gay State Conservative]

In Britain the word “ginger” can mean red haired or having fair complexion but it can also be used to describe a guy who’s light in the loafers.Don’t know if this has been pointed out yet.

[SunkenCiv]

[JoeProBono]

[Clock King]

No, “ginger-haired” or ginger-headed has been around for many generations. Such as Malcom X would have been called “that ginger-headed fellow...”

[a fool in paradise]

But calling someone “a ginger”?

[Clock King]

US english - UK english? I don’t know. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a long-standing racial/group aspect to using it as a noun in the UK.

[dead]

Check out that ginger ho!

[dead]

My brother's a ginger. He just married an Asian girl.

I told him his kids are going to be Ginger Ninjas. I only hope they use their powers for good instead of evil.

[Jack Hydrazine]

The group Improv Everywhere did a fake protest of a Wendy’s fast food restaurant because their logo has girl on it who is ginger and they consider it racist.

http://improveverywhere.com/2007/07/24/redheads/