[dangus]

The author is an idiot!

FIRST, although many inhabitants of the British Isles are red-headed, red-headedness comes from a genetic mutation which has occurred many times. Red-headedness was once a *Jewish* stereotype! This stereotype has been purposely forgotten because of its close association with anti-semitism, but close family friends of ours were very middle-eastern-looking (deeply olive skin, etc.) Jewish people with gloriously bright red hair. Even black people can have red hair, freckles, etc.

Famous non-Northern European red-heads:

Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, King David of Israel-Judea, Bette Midler, Ramses II, Malcom X. Judas and Salome were also said to have red hair, but it’s hard to know whether this legend is the result of anti-semitic stereotyping, or the cause of it. (IOW, was Judas stereotyped as having red hair, because he was an archetypical Jew (even his name simply means “Jew”), or does the stereotype exist to link associate all Jews with Judas?)

(Of course, America could almost be said to be a ginger conspiracy too: Columbus, Washington, Jefferson and many other founding fathers and early presidents were all red-heads.)

Since ginger is a recessive trait that experiences heavy interference from other genes, you don’t even need “day-walker” parents to have a ginger kid.

[JimC214]

Over in Williamsburg Brooklyn there is a Hasidim day care and there are at least 10 kids with red hair.

[50sDad]

Bette Middler is on my "Imaginary 10" list...women you would find as really fabulous partners if there was like a billion in one chance it would happen and if you would never have to see them again, because buddy, the real person is so absolutely flipping insane that the reality of the after effects would be such an abatross on your life that it would negate the fun of the actual act.

Whew, that's one big sentence!

[AnnGora]

}}}Napoleon Bonaparte, Cleopatra, Christopher Columbus, King David of Israel-Judea, Bette Midler, Ramses II, Malcom X. Judas and Salome}}}

Ok, who does not belong in this group?

[norton]

“Day walker”???

[JimRed]

Of course, America could almost be said to be a ginger conspiracy too: Columbus, Washington, Jefferson and many other founding fathers and early presidents were all red-heads.

I always knew we were the smart ones!

;^)