A s 8% of the population (in the U.S.), we're an ethnicity unto ourselves, and deserve to be considered as such. On forms where one puts an "X" next to Latino, Asian, African-American, why not add Redhead to the list? What about grants and affirmative action programs?

If non-redheads knew the way we were stigmatized, maybe we'd get some special consideration and be retroactively compensated for our wounds.

Lately, ELLE has been proclaiming that "Everyone's turning RED."

There's a RED ALERT! Julia Roberts, Linda Evangelista and a host of others are pleading to their hairstylists for more red. But what they and all these pseudo-redheads walking around don't understand is that no matter how red they turn they will never, ever be a redhead. Being a redhead is a matter of spirit. For this reason, Julia and Linda, you're never, ever going to be redheads. You lack the wounds and the mystery.

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