Yes, British supermarket chain Tesco was offering anti-redhead greeting cards shown above for sale — until the complaints started flooding in. Now, they’ve withdrawn the card and are apologizing.
Let me go on record as saying that I think the “ginger” thing has gone too far. It was funny in the alternative universe of South Park, and mildly amusing (but also disturbing) that some people carried it over into the real world. But now it seems to have taken on a life of its own.
Would anybody put out a card that said “Santa loves all kids. Even NEGRO ones.”? I don’t think so.
Grant Hamilton
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anti-ginger bigotry has a long and deep history over in England, this sort of thing is far from new over there.