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Red Hair - recessive gene from Poland? [108]
What does not kill you, will only make you stronger.
Discrimination can either drives you to success or 'kill you'.
Those who survive are the ones that adapt or 'fit' best and quickly to their environment.
Hmm.
I’m not particularly successful. I do ok, I’m not complaining, but I wouldn’t say I was unusually successful by the usual measures as compared to brownheads or others.
I think that through the years I have indeed experienced a degree of discrimination due to my red hair. See, having red hair is not as common here as it is in places like Scotland, we’re seen as a bit of a novelty. As a kid I was teased some and authority figures maybe saw me as trouble. Lol… Even as an adult in the working world I think it is a distraction and it causes people to maybe not take you as seriously. My youthful appearance which makes me look years younger than my actual age doesn’t help here either. But I’ve been able to overcome and assert my professionalism and earn respect.
So maybe this discrimination has indeed caused me to strive some? I never really thought about it before now.
But you still don’t hear us bitching and whining about being discriminated against –real or imagined- like we constantly hear other minority groups. We suck it up! Us Reds are tough!
And we do have to be more conscious of clothing color choices than others do! It’s like having a built in clashing device! Lol…
