tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674088209117962383.post6094006211107621888..comments2023-06-24T16:13:29.160+01:00Comments on The Myths and History of Red Hair: The Dislike of Red Hair in 19th Century EnglandNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00259908620359054438noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2674088209117962383.post-71658011239658226182014-11-28T08:21:50.776+00:002014-11-28T08:21:50.776+00:00The author of this 'The Spectator' article...The author of this 'The Spectator' article gives no sources to support the existence of some English hatred of red hair, and certainly no such hatred even existed, especially not to the degree claimed by this fantastic example of yellow journalism. If, however, there was a disdain for red hair it can be explained as an expression of the nature of the Danish-Swedish (Norman) and Anglo-Saxons, who were the greatest percentage of the English population, to prefer their own race which, originally, was mostly blonde. I suppose though that this article is playing on the myth of English "bigotry" for the sake of sensationalism.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07040341492476597279noreply@blogger.com